At your first kneeling down, say,

O LORD, I am not fit nor wor­thy thou should­est come under that filthy Roof of the House of my Soul, be­cause it is wholly Desolate and Ruinous, neither hast thou with me a fit place to lay thy Head; but as thou didst vouch­safe [Page 2] to be laid in a Stable and Manger of Unreasonable Beasts, as thou did'st not disdain to be entertain'd in the house of Simon the Leaper, as thou did'st not reject the Harlot coming, nor yet the Thief on the Cross confessing thee; e­ven so Vouchsafe to admit me also a miserable, and out of measure sinful Creature, to the Receiving of the most pure and saving Mysteries of thy Holy Body and precious Blood: and the Good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his Heart to seek the Lord God of his Fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary. O My God, I know my own [Page 3] unworthiness, yet in the mul­titude of thy Mercies I hum­bly approach thine Altar, beseeching thee not to behold me with a severe, but Graci­ous Eye; thou knowest the earnest desire of my Soul, be thou pleased to pass by the weakness of the Flesh, and assist me with thy most Holy Spirit, and grant that I may Receive this Sacrament to the Honour and glory of thy great Name, and the good Com­fort and Salvation of my own Soul.

Grant this Holy Father for the sake of thy Blessed Son my only Saviour, in whose name and Words I beg this mercy, and what else thou knowest needful for me;

OUR Father &c. A Confession.

O Almighty God, I thy poor sinful Creature, full of Anguish & Confusion for my Offences against thy Majesty, do make bold to come to thee, because thou art the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for his sake inclinable to shew us Mercy; Thou art the Maker of me and of all things, and thou hatest nothing that thou hast made; Thou hast pity on all the works of thy hands, so that I am encouraged to make my Supplications un­to thee, O thou Judge, of all [Page 5] men, for it is in thy Power for ever to acquit or condemn me; I tremble and am asham'd to be found a Sinner against so in­finite Power and Goodness; but I must not add Hypo­cricie to my Disobedience; Therefore I acknowledge free­ly, and bewail most bitterly my manifold offences of all kinds, from the least of my Sins, to the greatest of my Crimes and wickednesses; all and e­very one of which I long, and frequently from time to time, with many provoking aggra­vations most grieviously have committed: Lord, who can tell how oft I have offended by Thoughts, in vain and Evil Imaginations? by Words, in [Page 6] false and uncharitable Speeches? In Deed, by ungodly intempe­rate Actions; For alas! by all and every one of these ways I have daily Sin'd against thy Divine Majesty, turning thereby thy loving kindness into displeasure, and provoking thee to Anger; I have given thee cause most Justly to let loose thy wrath and Indignation against me to my utter ruine; If thy Mercy do not help me, my Guilt is evi­dent, my Danger apparent, and my estate is most deplo­rable; wherefore, I do most pas­sionately and earnestly Re­pent that ever I did commit them, and I am heartily sorry with all my Soul, for these my so many, and so abominable [Page 7] misdoings. When I look upon the baseness and the presump­tion of these vile offences, the remembrance of them does pierce my heart, with shame and sorrow, and is most grievous unto me; when I behold thy Favour which I have forfeited, and Eternal Damnation which I have deserved thereby, the burthen of them presseth down my Soul with a load of ter­ror and amazement that is in­tolerable; yet since thou callest all who are heavy laden, I must not despair of thy pity; but in this great distress I do beseech thee to have Mercy up­on me; and since my necessity forceth me to be Importunate, I will cry again have Mercy [Page 8] on me. I know thou art a most Merciful Father, though by my Sins I am much unworthy to be called thy Child, yet I hope thy Bowels will yern upon me, I Lye prostrate and helpless, begging of thee for thy Dearly Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ his sake, and by the Merits of his Cross and Passi­on, to forgive me freely and fully all that is past from the beginning of my Life till this very moment; Lord make me an instance of thy Mercy, and grant when I have received so excellent and so undeserved a favour, that I may be so en­gaged thereby, as that for e­ver hereafter, I may beware of falling back into the like [Page 9] sin and misery. Convert me I beseech thee, as well as par­don me, and enable me most obediently to serve, and most intirely to please thee, by spending the rest of my Life in newness of Life and all Ho­ly conversation; which through the help of thy Grace, I do here Vow and Resolve upon, That this mighty change may tend to the Honour and Glory of thy Name who hast so wonderfully delivered me; all which I most heartily begg, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whose intercession for me do thou say, Amen, and it shall be according to thy Word,

Amen.

The ADDRESS.

HOly God, thou might­est justly wonder to see such a grievous sinner daring to come so near, but I do not impudently rush upon these dreadful Misteries, nor do I pre­sume to come to this thy Table where Angels do attend, as if I'deserved this honour; O mer­ciful Lord God, I do not ap­proach, trusting in my own Righteousness, for alas, I have done nothing which can bear that name; but that which drew me hither was my con­fidence in thy Manifold and Great Mercies, which exceed my Manifold and Great Of­fences; [Page 11] and now that I am before thee, I must still confess what ever Favours thy Goodness heaps upon me, that I am not worthy by reason of my sin­fulness and backslidings, so much as with the Doggs, to gather up the Crumbs that fall under thy Table, nor fit to receive the least Mercies or Measure of Grace from thee, much less to sit as a Guest, be­fore thy Majesty, at this Hea­venly Feast; but yet I make bold to do this, because thou art not to be changed by our sins, being ever the same Lord, whose property is to be un­wearied in well-doing, and ne­ver wanting in Mercy. Thou art wont always to have Mer­cy [Page 12] on those who confess their Offences, grant unto me gra­cious Lord, by the present as­sistance of thy holy Spirit, so to Eat the Flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, Spiritually, in this Sacrament, and so to Drink his Blood, as that I may receive all the benefit of his Cross and Passion, even that my sinful and defiled Body may be made clean with his Holy and Immaculate Body, and my Soul which is pollu­ted in every faculty, wash'd, through his most precious Blood which taketh away the Sins of the World. Let me be so wholly purified, that I may now begin to be inseparably united to Jesus, and that I, [Page 13] by Faith, may evermore dwell in him, abiding in his Love, and that by his Spirit he may dwell in me always,

Amen.

A Prayer for Purity.

O Almighty God, whose power is Terrible to all that approach thee with pol­luted Souls, because thou art the Majesty unto whom the Thoughts and Imaginations of all hearts are open and appa­rent, all desires and Wishes af­ter any evil are known and e­vident, and the God from whom no secrets in word or deed are hid, or by any poli­cy can be concealed. The Re­membrance of my Impurity [Page 14] makes me fear to draw near to thee till I have Implor'd thee (who alone art able to keep me therein) to cleanse and purge out all the evil, which are so commonly the Guests of my Heart, lest they pro­voke thy pure Eyes to pass me by with this abhorrence, and deprive me of the com­fort and benefit of this Com­munion.

Blessed Lord, prepare thy Lodging in my Soul, by the Inspiration of those pure thoughts and Heavenly desires which are the fruit of thy Holy Spirit, and the Harbin­gers of the King of Glory, that I may, as it is my unfeigned de­sire, at all times, and above all [Page 15] things, most sincerely and per­fectly to love thee, and not suf­fer any secret Sin to be thy Rival in my Heart; and that I may also, especially in this Sa­crifice of praise, worthily Magnifie, and agreeably set forth the Glory of thy Holy Name, in giving so Illustrious a Salvation to us through Christ Jesus, for whose sake I beseech thee to hear me, for he is thy Son, and shall be my Lord for ever.

Amen.

A Meditation at the Offering.

O Lord, I give thee a small part of thine own, who hast given me all my Earthly Comforts; yea, thy own Son [Page 16] out of thy bosom to become my Salvation: O that I could give a thousand times more, thy Love deserves it; for this I give not (alas) as a Requi­tal of thy favour, but a testi­mony how much more I owe unto thee; my Charities can­not extend to thee who need­est nothing, only Holy Jesus, I do gladly embrace my Poor Brethren and thy Friends, whose Souls thou hast pur­chased with thy dearest Blood, and made them Heirs with me of the same Salvation. I rejoyce that thou acceptest so small a matter to them, as done to thy self; behold there­fore a soul I beseech thee, so Sick and Leprous, poor and na­ked, [Page 17] that it needs thy Mercy more than the most miserable Creature in all the whole World, my Charity. O how many, and how earnest pray­ers do I need! could I engage all the poor on Earth, (whose prayers soonest pierce the Clouds) I need all this and as much more to make way for mine acceptance; But, O my Saviour, this is a day in which thou Scatterest thy Bounties; Wherefore Remember thou my Soul which is undone without thy pity; and since thy Mer­cies are infinitely greater than ours, Lord, do not pass me by, far be it from me to think so meanly of thy Love, as to e­steem mine Alms the purchase [Page 18] of it. No, no, I do only by this small token give thee, Li­very and seisin of me and mine; and having vowed to purchase a more glorious Interest, and to seek thy Kingdom, I do re­nounce the Riches of this World. O happy Exchange, and admirable way of Gain; but so thou art wont to deal with us, O God! to accept trifles from us, and give Glo­ries to us, great and endless and Inexpressible; I adore thee, O my Lord, and Love thee, and because there is no Earthly gift that can bear proportion with such unspeakable Goodness, I will give thee my Soul also, and it shall be thine for Ever,

Amen.

Just after the Prayer of Con­secration, Say,

A MEN, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and I doubt not but the Mistery is Rightly accomplished; I am perswaded here is It that my Soul longeth for, a Crucified Saviour Communicating him­self to poor penitent Sinners. O let me be but reckoned a­mongst that number, and then I shall assuredly receive the Ho­ly Jesus. Amen.

Lord thou hast set open this fountain, and wilt thou suffer a wretched creature to dye for thirst in thy presence? hast thou prepared such a Balm to [Page 20] heal me, and shall I languish here before thee? I know, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean, here is the very Instru­ment in thy Hand. Grant me therefore, Holy Jesus, that I may rightly apply it, and du­ly use it, and it shall prepare me for Thee, and unite me to thee with such inseparable bonds as can never break, unless Eternity can have an End.

Blessed are they that so eat thy Flesh, and so drink thy Blood as thou requirest, and so as thy Saints of Old have done; for they have been clean­sed at this Fountain, and here their Union with thee first be­gan; O happy season, Excel­lent Opportunity, Lord let [Page 21] me do it well this Once, and I am thine for Ever.

Amen.

A Prayer before the Sacrament.

O Most Merciful God, who hast in thy great goodness prepared this Spiri­tual Feast for sick and famish­ed Souls, make my desires and gaspings after it, answerable to my needs of it. I have with the Prodigal wasted that por­tion of Grace thou bestowedst upon me, and therefore do in­finitely want a supply out of this Treasury. But, O Lord, how shall such a Wretch as I dare to approach this Holy Table? I am a Dog, how shall I presume to take the Chil­drens [Page 22] Bread? or how shall this spiritual Manna, this Food of Angels be given to me, who have chosen to feed on Husks with Swine? nay, to one who hath already so often trampled these pretious things under foot, either carelesly neglect­ing, or unworthily receiving these Holy Mysteries? O Lord, my horrible guiltiness makes me tremble to come, and yet makes me not dare to keep a­way; For where, O Lord, shall my polluted Soul be washed, if not in this Fountain which thou hast opened for sin and for uncleanness? hither there­fore I come, and thou hast promised that he that com­eth to thee, thou wilt in no [Page 23] wise cast out. This is, O Lord, the Blood of the New Testament, Grant me to receive it, that it may be to me for Remission of Sins; and though I have so often and so wretchedly broken my part of that Co­venant whereof this Sacra­ment is a Seal, yet be thou gra­ciously pleased to make good thine, to be Merciful to mine unrighteousness, and to re­member my sins and my ini­quities no more; and not only so, but to put thy Laws into my heart, and to write them in my mind, and by the pow­er of thy Grace, dispose my Soul to such a sincere and con­stant obedience, that I may ne­ver again provoke thee. Lord [Page 24] Grant that in these Holy Miste­ries, I may not only commemo­rate, but effectualy receive my Blessed Saviour, and all the be­nefits of his Passion, and to that end, give me such a preparation of Soul as may qualify me for it. Give me a deep sence of my sins and unworthiness, that be­ing weary and heavy laden, I may be capable of his Refresh­ings, and by being Supled in my own tears, I may be the fitter to be washed in his Blood. Raise up my dull and Earthly mind from groveling here be­low, and inspire it with a Holy Zeal, that I may with Spiritu­al affection approach this Spi­ritual Feast, and let, O Lord, that infinite Love of Christ, in Dy-Dying [Page 25] for so wretched a Sin­ner, Inflame my frozen be­numb'd Soul, and kindle in me that Sacred Fire of Love to him, and that so vehement, that no waters may quench, no floods drown it, such as may burn up all my dross, and not leave one unmortified Lust in my Soul, and such as may also extend it self to all whom thou hast given me command and Example to love, even Enemies, as well as Friends. Finally, O Lord, I be­seech thee to cloath me in the wedding Garment, and make me, (tho' of my self a most unworthy, yet by thy Mercy) an acceptable Guest at this Holy Table, that I may not [Page 26] eat nor drink my own condem­nation, but may have my Par­don sealed, my weakness re­paired, my corruptions subdu­ed, and my Soul inseperably united to thee, That no Tem­ptations may ever be able to dissolve the Union; but that being begun here in Grace, it may be consummated in Glory. Grant this, O Lord, for thy Dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ,

Amen.

Another.

O Blessed Jesus, who once offeredst thy self for me upon the Cross, and now of­ferest thy self to me in the Sacrament, Let not, I beseech [Page 27] thee, my impenitence and un­worthiness frustrate these so inestimable Mercies to me, but qualify me by thy Grace to re­ceive the full benefit of them; O Lord, I have abundant need of thee, but am so clogged with guilt, so holden with the cords of my Sins, that I am notable to move towards thee; O loose me from this Bond, wherewith Satan and my own Lusts have bound me, and draw me that I may run after thee: Lord, thou seest daily how eagerly I pursue the paths that lead to Death, but when thou invitest me to Life and Glory, I turn my back, and forsake my own Mercy. How often hath this Feast been pre­pared, [Page 28] and I have with frivo­lous excuses absented my self? or if I have come, it bath been rather to defie than adore thee; I have brought such troops of thy profest enemies, unrepent­ed Sins along with me, as if I came not to commemorate, but to renew thy Passion, Crucify­ing thee afresh, and putting thee to open shame: and now of what punishment shall I be thought worthy, who have thus trampled under foot the Son of God, and counted the Blood of the Covenant an un­holy thing? Yet, O Merciful Jesus, this Blood is my only re­fuge; O let this make mine attonement, or I perish Eter­nally. Wherefore didst thou [Page 29] shed it, but to save Sinners? neither can the merit of it be overwhelmed, either by the greatness or number of my Sins; I am a Sinner, a great one, O let me find its saving efficacy; be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my Soul trusteth in thee, and in the clefts of thy Wounds shall be my refuge, until thy Fathers indignation be over­past. O thou who hast, as my High Priest, sacrificed for me, intercede for me also, and plead thy meritorious sufferings on my behalf; and suffer not, O my Redeemer, the price of thy Blood to be utterly lost; and grant, O Lord, that as the Sins I have to be forgiven, are [Page 30] many, so I may love thee much; Lord thou seest what faint, what cold affections I have to­wards thee, O warm and en­liven them, and as in this Sa­crament, that Transcendent Love of thine in dying for me is shed forth, so I beseech thee, let it convey such Grace into me as may enable me to make some returns of Love; O let this Divine fire descend from Heaven into my Soul, and let my Sins be the Burnt-offering for It to consume, that there may not any corrupt affection, any cursed thing be sheltered in my heart, that I may never again defile that place thou hast chosen for thy Temple; thou dyedst, O Holy Jesus, to redeem [Page 31] me from all Iniquity, O let me not again sell my self to work Wickedness, but grant that I may at this time ap­proach thee with most sincere and fixed Resolutions of an In­tire Reformation, and let me Receive such Grace, and strength from thee, as may en­able me faithfully to perform them. Lord there are many Old habituted Diseases my Soulgroans under. (Here men­tion thy prevailing Corruptions) and though I lye never so long at the pool of Bethesda, come never so often to thy Holy Ta­ble, yet unless thou be pleased to put forth thy healing Virtue, they will still remain uncured. O thou blessed Physitian of [Page 32] Souls, heal me, and grant that I may now so touch thee, that every one of those loathsom Issues may immediately stench, that these sicknesses may not be unto Death, but unto the Glory of thy Mercy in pardon­ing, and to the Glory of thy Grace in purifying so polluted a wretch. O Christ hear me, and grant I may now approach thee with such Humility and Contrition, Love, Faith and Devotion, that thou mayest Vouchsafe to come to me and abide with me, Communica­ting to me thy self, and all the merits of thy Passion, and then, O Lord. let no accusations of Satan, or my own Consci­ence amaze or distract me; but [Page 33] but having peace with thee, let me also have peace in my self, that this Wine may make glad, this Bread of Life may strength­en my heart, and enable me chearfully to run the way of thy Commandments; Grant this Merciful Saviour, for thine own Bowels and Compassions sake,

Amen.

Before the Bread.

O Blessed Lord God, who hast given us thine only Son to lay down his Life for our Sins, and his Flesh for the food and nourishment of our Souls, purge and purifie my vile and sinful Soul, that it may be a fit habitation, for his pure, [Page 34] unspotted, and precious Body, and that no unclean thing may presume to enter where his Holy Feet have trod, from henceforth for Ever, Amen.

Thou hast said that he that Eareth thy Flesh and drinketh thy Blood, hath Eternal Life.

Behold the Servant of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy Word.

At the Receiving of the Bread.

By thy Crucified body de­liver me from this body of Death.

After the Bread.

BLessed be thy Holy Name, O Lord my God, who hast vouchsafed to feed me with that Holy-Bread from Heaven, the Flesh of thy dear Son, grant that in the strength of this Food, I may walk be­fore thee in Holiness and Righ­teousness all the days of my Life, till I come to the Mount of God, the Holy Hill, where thine Honour and our Rest dwelleth,

Amen.

If you have time, use this Medi­tation.

O My Soul, behold how thou hast incensed the Majesty of Heaven! see how he gives up the most Innocent and most Holy Jesus, thy best, thy only Friend, and his own Dear Son, to be trampled and tormented for thy Sins! Oh! how cruelly was he scourged with Whips, wounded with Thorns, loaden with the Cross, torn with Nails, pierced with a Spear, and racked on the most painful Instrument of Death! his lovely Face defiled with Blood and Spittle, his Ears fil­led with Taunts and Curses, [Page 37] his Eyes drench'd in Tears for the ruine of his Enemies, and his Soul amaz'd at the terrors of the Divine Wrath, till at length all wounded, broken and bloody, with many groans, yet with admirable patience, he breaths out his Holy Soul! and yet what ever he suffered was my Portion, my pleasure hath been his pain, my wick­ed Life hath caused his bitter Death; wretch that I am, to live in such a manner, that no­thing else could satisfie or make my peace. But here I come this day to call my Sins to re­membrance; I will look on thee (whom I have pierced) with a most tender and sym­pathizing affection, and reflect, [Page 38] that as I break this Holy Bread with my Teeth, so wast thou bruised for our Iniquities, and our Offences did grind thee with grief and pain. Holy Sa­viour, I am angry at my self, and full of anguish, to see what I have brought upon thee I am sorry with all my Heart, that I have given harbour to thy Murtherers; but I hope this most dismal Spectacle, shall mortify in me all desires after evil, and make me [...]hor all those desperate pleasures which must so much Offend thee, which must be Cleansed by thy most precious Blood or else stand charged upon m [...] account for ever; No, no, I will never crucify thee again by [Page 39] renewing my disobedience, for I have done too much al­ready.

Before the CVP.

O Blessed Lord, who hast, given the Blood of thine only Son to be shed for our Sins and to Refresh and Restore our weary gasping Souls, Cleanse and Sanctify me, O Lord, that I may receive this Cup with a pure Heart, and not with pol­luted Lips, to the Eternal Com­fort and Refreshment of my Soul. Amen.

Methinks, O my Redeemer, while thou art pouring forth thy most precious Blood, thou mayest Look upon me with a [Page 40] Countenance mixed with pity, and Upbraiding, that I should take so little care to save this Soul which thou hast bought at such a rate; Is not here re­presented those drops and streams of blood that have seal­ed the Covenant of peace, and confirmed all the promises of the Gospel? why then am I not swallowed up with admi­ration? why do I not breath and pant after it? I am not come to quench my bodily thirst, but to wash my Soul in this Salutory fountain; O how free­ly it flows, how perfectly it cures! Lord let me tast there­of, make it unto me the Blood of Jesus for it is that my Soul Thirsteth after; and now that [Page 41] powerful word hath hallow­ed it, Let me not by evil thoughts or unbelief, Malice or Impenitence, make it to my self an unhallowed thing; but as thou hast fitted it for the Mistery, O fit me also to receive it. I cannot now have any low or Common thoughts about it; I will by faith esteem it as my Saviours Blood, and though I am unworthy of so Divine a Cordial, yet my Soul gaspeth for it, and without it I must dye, and Perish.

At the Receiving of the C V P.

O Let this blood of thine Purge my Conscience from dead works to serve the Living God. Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean. O touch me, and say, I will be thou Clean.

After the C V P.

Blessed be thy Holy Name, O Lord my God, who hast Vouchsafed me to drink of this fountain of Living water, the precious Blood of thy dear Son, Grant that this holy Cup may be an Antidote and preserva­tive against all sin and evil, [Page 43] and may keep my Soul in health and strength to the end of my days.

LORD, what is Man that thou art thus mindful of him, or the Son of Man that thou thus Visitest him? what is thy ser­vant that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dogg as I am? the doggs eat of the Crumbs which fall from their Masters Table, but thou hast fed me with the bread of thine own Children, and given me to drink of thine own Cup; Thou hast fed me in a green pasture, and Ledst me forth beside the wa­ters of Comfort. O tast and see how gracious the Lord is, Bles­sed is the man that trusteth in him, what reward shall I ren­der [Page 44] unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? Lord, I of­fer up to thee my self, my Soul and Body, all that I am & have, humbly beseeching thee Gra­ciously to receive me for thy Servant, to dwell in thy House, and to Praise thy Name for evermore.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive Honour, and Glory, and Power; for thou hast Crea­ted all things, and for thy Plea­sure, they are and were created; thou art worthy to take the book and open the Seals there­of, for thou wast slain, and hast Redeemed us unto our God, Kings, and Priests, and we shall Reign with thee for ever.

Salvation to our God which [Page 45] fitteth on the Throne, and to the Lamb. Amen.

Blessing, and Glory, and Wisdom, and Thanksgiving, and Honour, and Power, and Might be unto God for ever and ever.

Amen.

A Thanksgiving after Receiving.

O Thou Fountain of all Goodness, from whom every good and perfect guift cometh, and to whom all Ho­nour and Glory should be re­turned; I desire, with all the most fervent, and inflamed af­fections of a grateful heart, to bless and praise thee for those inestimable Mercies thou hast [Page 46] vouchsafed unto me; Lord, what is man that thou shouldst so re­gard him, as to send thy be­loved Son to suffer such bitter things for him? But Lord, what am I thy most sinful Creature, that I should have any part in this attonement, who have so often been wretchedly ungrate­ful for his sufferings? O the heighth and depth of this Mer­cy of thine, that art pleased to admit me to the Renewing of that Covenant with thee, which I have so often & so per­versly broken, that I am not wor­thy of that daily bread which sustains the body, should be made partaker of this Bread of Life which nourisheth the Soul, and that the God of all purity [Page 47] should vouchsafe to unite him­self to so polluted a wretch! O my God, suffer me no more; I beseech thee, to turn thy Grace into wantonness, to make thy Mercy an Occasion of security; but let this unspeakable Love of thine constrain me to O­bedience, that since my blessed Lord hath dyed for me, I may no longer live unto my self but to him, O Lord, I know there is no concord between Christ and Belial, therefore since he hath now been pleased to en­ter my heart O let me never permit any Lust to chace him thence, but let him that hath so dearly bought me, still keep possession of me, and let nothing ever take me out of his hand. [Page 48] To this end, be thou graciously ly pleased to watch over me, and defend me from all assaults of my Spiritual Enemies; but especially deliver me from my self, from the Treachery of my own heart, which is too wil­ling to yield it self a prey; and where thou seest I am either by Nature or Custom most weak, there do thou, I beseech thee, magnifie thy power in my pre­servation, (Here mention thy most dangerous Temptations) and Lord let my Saviours Sufferings for my sins, and the Vows that I have now made against them, never depart from my mind, but let the Remembrance of the one, enable me to perform the other, that I may never [Page 49] make truce with those lusts which nailed his Hands, pierced his Side, & made his Soul heavy to the Death; but that having a new listed my self under his banner, I may fight manfully and follow the Captain of my Salva­tion, even through a Sea of Blood. Lord lift up my hands that hang down, and my feeble knees that I faint not in this Warfare; O be thou my strength, who am not able of my self to struggle with the slightest Temptations: How often have I turned my back in this day of Battle? how many of these Sacramental Vows have I violated? and Lord I have still the same unconstant deceitful heart to betray me to the breach of this. O thou [Page 50] who art yea & Amen, in whom there is no shadow of Change, Communicate to me, I beseech thee, such a stability of mind, that I may no more thus start aside like a broken bow, but that having my heart whole with thee, I may continue stedfast in thy Covenant, that not one good purpose which thy Spirit, hath raised in me this day may vanish, as so many have formerly done, but that they may bring forth fruit unto life Eternal. Grant this, O Merciful Father, through the Merit and Mediation of my Crucified Saviour, Amen.

Praise the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is within me praise his Holy Name, for now I find the Mercy and the Peace, [Page 51] the Comfort and the Grace, which flows from the death of Christ; let all the world know what he hath done for my soul, he hath Rescued me, and many of my poor Brethren round a­bout me from the nethermost Hell; wherefore I Love thee Holy Jesus more than I can ex­press, and I will love them for thy sake; and since thou hast given thy self, thy Merits, and thy Graces to me, and sealed a new Covenant with me in thine own Blood, I do here bind my self by that Sacred Ordinance to be sincerely thine, I will spend my time and strength in thy Service; and Lord I beseech thee, give me grace to shed my blood, to bear witness to the [Page 52] truth, if ever thou callest me to such a Tryal; I will never; eave thee nor forsake thee, but live & die with thee, for I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy Righteous judgments. O let me never unhallow that Body nor defile that Soul in which the Lord Jesus delights to dwell; let no lying or uncha­ritable speeches prophane those Lips, no Intemperance pollute that Mouth by which those Ho­ly Symbols have passed. Grant me to find new desires and new hopes, Grant my nature may be renewed, my blood Refined. O fit my Soul with such a Ho­ly Vigour, that through thy Mercy I may accomplish all my Resolutions. Amen.

[Page 53] O Blessed Jesus, I have Vow­ed my self thy servant, but yet I fear, in expectation of the most furious assaults, which will be made upon me by the Enemy from whom I have withdrawn, and alas! I have too often Re­turned again to folly? but if thou pleasest to plant thy Grace within me, and send thy Bles­sing upon me, I fear not his Po­licy nor power, I have Recei­ved that Heavenly food which is the means to convey this Grace, and I know that by this Celestial Remedy, many of thy Servants have been dreadful to the powers of Darkness; and thou didst never cast off any humble Soul, O bless then this Life-giving Mistery unto every [Page 54] one of us, that we may find such power and strength, such courage and resolution flowing from thence, that we may all stand firm to the purposes which we have made. Holy Sa­viour, we are now thy servants, and O what quiet and comfort, what Safety and Joy, what Ho­nour and Pleasure have we un­der so gracious a Lord! how hap­py shall I be in injoying a free­dom from anger, &c. O mark us all for thine own, & deny us not that grace which is necessary to make thee ours, and us to be thine; If we feel not some Ef­fects thereof we shall sink for fear, Lest thou hast rejected us and our oblation; but who did ever seek thee and did not find? [Page 55] who ever trusted in thee and was forsaken? we are sure that in thee all fulness of Grace doth dwell, O let it now overflow, that of thy fulness we may all receive, so shall we daily and al­ways perform our Vows. Amen.

O thou Allseeing and most Holy Lord God, I have beheld the Esficacious and all-saving Sa­crifice which thy Son hath of­fered for us, I have remembred it, and blessed thy Name for it as much as I was able, though not so highly as I ought, for the benefits thereof are inestimable; O let them not all be lost to us for want of faith to believe and receive them, there is no want of merit in Jesus to De­serve, no want of Mercy in thee [Page 56] to bestow remission; O let there not want in us, or in any of those for whom Christ dyed, Grace to accept this pardon. Be­hold, Lord, how we struggle un­der a load of guilt, a troubled Conscience doth perplex us, our remaining corruptions oppose us, the decay of our Graces doth deject us, and lo here is an Ef­fectual Remedy for all these e­vils; help us every one, I hum­bly beseech thee, so to apply it, that both we and our Brethren, whom we love, as our selves, may find a blessed cure. Who was ever reconciled to thee but by Jesus? or who was ever so much thine Enemy, but this Sa­crifice hath made their peace? and shall it be ineffectual only to [Page 57] us? Dear father, let us find the Efficacy thereof in our selves, and discern the fruits thereof in all the Members of thy Church, so shall we be ingaged to praise thee more and more, for this great Salvation through Jesus Christ,

Amen.

A Prayer of Intercession.

O Most gracious Lord, who so tenderly lovedst man­kind, as to give thy dear Son out of thy bosom, to be a propitia­tion for the sins of the whole World, grant that the effect of this Redemption may be as uni­versal as the design of it, that it may be to the Salvation of all. O let no person by impenitence [Page 58] and willful sin forfeit his part in it, but by the power of thy Grace bring all, even the most obstinate Sinners to Repentance, enlighten all that sit in Dark­ness, all Jews, Turks, Infidels and Hereticks, take from them all blindness, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word, and so fetch them home blessed Lord unto thy fold, that they may be saved among the num­ber of the true Israelites. And for all those upon whom the Name of thy Son is called, grant O Lord, that their conversation may be such, as becometh the Gospel of Christ, that his name may be no longer blasphemed among the heathen through us. O Blessed Lord, how long shall [Page 59] Christendom continue the vi­lest part of the World, a sink of those abominable pollutions which even Barbarians detest? O let not our profession & our practice be always at so wide a distance, let not the Disciples of the Holy and Immaculate Je­sus, be of all others the most prophane and impure, Let not the Subjects of the Prince of peace, be of all others the most contentious and bloody, but make us Christians in Deed as well as in Name, that we may walk worthy of that Holy vo­cation wherewith we are call'd, and may all with one mind and one mouth Glorfy thee, the Fa­ther of our Lord Jesus Christ: Have mercy on this Church, [Page 60] look down upon it from Hea­ven, the Habitation of thy Ho­liness and of thy Glory; Pour forth thy Mercies upon it; though our back-slidings are many, and we have grievously rebelled, yet according to thy goodness let thy anger be turned away from us, and cause thy face to shine upon thy San­ctuary for the Lords sake, and so separate between us and our sins, that they may not seperate between our God and us, Save and defend all Christian Kings, Princes and Governours, Espe­cially those to whom we owe subjection; plead thou there cause, O Lord, and so guide and assist them in the discharge of that Office whereunto thou [Page 61] hast appointed them, that un­der them we may lead a qui­et and peaceable life, in all God­liness and Honesty; bless them that wait at thine Altar, open thou their lips that their mouths may shew forth thy praise. O thou Father of Mercy and God of Comfort, succour and relieve all that are in any affliction, deliver the out-casts and poor, help them to right that suffer wrong; let the sor­rowful sighings of the prisoners come before thee, and ac­cording to thy power and mer­cy, preserve those that are ap­pointed to dye; grant ease to those that are in pain, Supplies to those that suffer want, give to all presumptious sin­sinners [Page 62] a sense of their sins, and to all dispairing, a sight of thy Mercies; and do thou, O Lord, for every one abundantly above what they can ask or think, pour down thy Blessings on all my Friends & Benefactors, all that have commended themselves to my Prayers (Here name per­ticular Persons) And grant, O Merciful Father, that through this Blood of the Cross, we may all be presented pure and un­blamable, and unseparable in thy sight, that so we may be admitted into that place of pu­rity, where no unclean thing can enter, there to sing eternal Prai­ses Father, Son, and Holy Ghost for ever, Amen.

O most Holy Lord God, I [Page 63] have been addmited to make an oblation of my praises and my self to thee, and I am in­finitely concerned that thou shouldest accept me therein, not for any merit in me, but for thy own Mercies, and thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ his sake. O my God, thou know­est I have been polluted with Sin, and undutiful to thy Com­mands, unfaithful to my promi­ses, unmindful of my obligations, Confederate with thy Enemies, yea, even in the time of these Holy misteries, so obdurate and confused, that I might justly fear least my wretchedness should make my Sacrifice an a­bomination; I am ashamed that I am no fitter, I Lament that I [Page 64] should bring so many defile­ments, where the purity of an Angel is scarce sufficient, but I Sanctuary take in thy most obli­ging Condesentions, and be­cause I am so unworthy, I will endeavour to esteem my self as vile as I really am in thy sight. O do not look upon the deserts of a wretched sinner, but remem­ber thine own Mercies, so shall thy favor be more ilustrious, be­cause it is bestowed upon so un­deserving a Creature, and the sense of my unworthiness shall inlarge my thankfulness, and make me praise thee more. O grant me thy acceptance, for the sake of the crucified Jefus, Amen.

When I compare thy Acts [Page 65] with mine, Holy Jesus, I am exceedingly ashamed to behold so vast a disproportion; thou gi­vest me thy Merits & thy Gra­ces, thy Life and thy love at present, and hast promised me thy Kingdom in Reversion, and I have scarce returned this with the entire devotion of one half hour. Oh how little is my ob­durate heart affected with the sense of my own Guilt, the fears of the Divine wrath, or the apprehensions of thy suf­ferings; yet Lord, I do desire and endeavour to praise thee, so

that hope thou wilt consider mine Infirmities, with much compassion, and measure my services not by the exactness of the performance, but by the [Page 66] sincerity of my wishes; so that I may through thy merits, be ac­cepted by thy Heavenly Father, and by thy mercy of that accep­tance, be oblidged to praise thee, Holy Saviour, for ever,

Amen.

An Act of Oblation of our Selves.

O Most merciful Lord God, I am amazed at the mighty Favours thou hast shewed unto me, a sinful wretched Creature, I cannot but acknowledge thy Goodness, al­though I can make no retributi­on; but 'tis not mine, O Lord, but me thou seekest, sinful and mi­serable though I am, yet am I that purchace for which Jesus hath left his Glory, and laid down his life, and suffered many and great things for me. O mar­vellous [Page 67] condescention, I am no­thing, I have nothing, I am void of all good, full of evil, and de­serving thy wrath, so that I ab­hor my self; and canst thou de­light in me? be it so then, for I will dispute no more with un­searchable mercy, I believe, O my God, and wonder I can no more resist thy condescending and Almighty Love, I will with all the joy imaginable give my self up entirely to thee, who hast lately restored me to my self. Alas! I have been a Prisoner to Satan, a slave to Sin, and marked out for distruction; but thou hast procured my Pardon, Liberty, and my Life, requiring no more for so unexpressible bounty, but only that I will entirely become [Page 68] thine; I do freely surrender my self to thee, both Soul and Body, avowing, that I would be no more my own, but thy Servant in all things; my understanding shall enquire after thee, my will shall chuse thee, my affections embrace thee, my sences shall o­bey thee, my Passion shall be at thy commands, and my thoughts; shall be of thee; O be thou pleased to take posses­sion of my Heart and Soul, and if now thou wilt accept of me, I hope I shall never be so unjust and ungrateful, so foolish and absurd, so perjured and Sacrili­gious as to rob thee of my self hereafter, or wilfully to pro­phane my Body or Soul any more, it is indeed a miserable [Page 69] guift that I offer, a defiled body, a strain'd Soul, and corrupt af­fections I am heartily sorry it is no better, but it is all I have to give, and all thou requirest, & it will be freer and better by being thine; O let me never have other master, let me never fully that which the Blood of Christ hath washed, nor sell that to Satan which the Holy Jesus hath redeemed at so great a price; grant me therefore, gra­cious Lord, to find by the a­mendment of my life that thou hast accepted me this day; give me such help from thee to con­firm my hope, that I may al­ways perform my vows, and never rob thee of that which I have dedicated to thee in the [Page 70] sincerity of my Soul; I have sworn, and am stedfastly pur­posed to keep thy Righteous Judgements; I am thine, O save me for thy Mercies, and for thy Son Christ Jesus sake,

Amen.

An act of Acknowledgment.

THere are many, O Lord, who are most Importu­nate to obtain thy favour, and unquiet till they receive some testemonies thereof, and yet when their desires are granted, they are unmoved and ingrate­ful; but I will endeavour to praise thee as heartily for these manifestoes of thy Love, as I de­sired them servently; I acknow­ledg therefore, that I am full of wonder, to find my self honour­ed with the highest priviledges, [Page 71] and remarked with the most il­lustrious signals of thy Love: I begg'd the Mercy of gathering up the Crumbs under thy Ta­ble, and behold thou hast placed me among thy Children, and fed me with the choisest of thy preparations: O Lord, let all my enemies, the powers of Darkness be confounded, to behold me a poor sinful wretch, whose ruine they gaped for, thus to be made a guest at thy Table, to be treat­ed as one of thy dearest Chil­dren or best beloved Friends; I was far from deserving this Ho­nor, but I will rejoice in it, & bless thy name for it, because it hath revived my hope, & cheer'd my drooping Soul; and I am perswa­ded this fresh testimony of thy [Page 72] favour will engage me to love thee with an unalterable af­fection; there was nothing I de­sired in comparison with thy love, nor conld I have wished a more certain pledge of it than thy Son and my Saviour; wel­come art thou to me, O my Re­deemer, for thy own sake, and welcome, as thou art the Evi­dence of thy Heavenly Fathers love to me a miserable sinner; I will acknowledge it at present as much as I am able, and my whole life hereafter shall shew how deep a sence I have of this Enestimable Goodness; and whenmy Life doth fail, it shall be the Subject of my Halelujahs,

Amen.

[Page 51] Almighty God, who of thy ten­der Mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ, to suffer Death upon the Cross for our Redemption, and didst institute, and in thy Holy Gospel command us to continue a perpetual Memory of that his precious Death, until his coming again: Hear me most merciful Saviour, I most humbly beseech thee, and make my Groanings, and Disires after this Holy Sacrament, answerable to my needs of it. But, O Lord: How shall such a Wretch as I dare to approach thy Holy Table? How shall I presume to take the Childrens Bread who am as a vile Dog in thy sight? I have often trampled those precious things under foot, either carelesly neglecting, or unworthily receiving these Holy Misteries! O Lord, my horrrible Guiltiness makes me tremble to come, and yet makes me not dare to stay away; for where shall this [Page 52] polluted Soul be washed but in the Fountain opened for sin, and for uncleanness; Hither then I come; and thou hast promised him that cometh to thee, thou wilt in no wise cast out. Grant me therefore Gra­cious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy Dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his Blood, that my sinful body, may be made clean by his body and my Soul washed through his precious Blood.

Amen.

I will not presume to come to thy Table. O merciful Lord, trusting in my own Righteousness but in thy manifold and great Mer­cies declared unto Mankind in our Lord Jesus Christ, for whose sake give me I pray thee, such a preparation of Soul, as may qua­lify me for a worthy Approach thereunto: To this end make me heartily sensible of my Sins and [Page 53] unworthiness; raise up my dull and earthly mind from groveling here below, and also inspire it with a holy zeal to seek those things that are above: Let that infinite Love of Christ in dying for so wretched a sinner, inflame my soul, and kindle in me that Sacred fire of Love to him again, and to all those whom he hath given me, Command an Example to Love, Enemies as well as Friends, and that for his sake: Cloath me O Lord, in the Wedding Garment; and make me, though of my self, a most un­worthy, yet by thy mercy, an acceptable Guest at thy Table, that I may not eat or drink my own Damnation, but Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

I said I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not with my Tongue, O God who knowest us [Page 54] to be set in the midst of so many and great Dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our Nature, we cannot always stand upright; grant to me such strength, and protecti­on as may support me in all Dan­gers, and carry me through all Temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

O God to whom Vengeance be­longeth, O God to whom Ven­geance belongs shew thy self, but let it be in pity and compassion to thy wretched and unworthy Servant, who in all humility consess my self a wicked and sinful creature, I ac­knowledge those sins, which if I would, I cannot hide from thee; my sins of Pride and vain glory, of Hatred and Envy, of Gluttony and Wantonness? I accuse my self of my wicked desires and thoughts which [Page 55] I have conceived, At these marks have recourse to those sins no­ted in your Paper. my wanton and evil words which I have spoken, * of my naughty and ungodly deeds which I have committed. * I ac­knoledge and bewail these my manifold sins and wickednesses, which I from time to time most grievously have committed by thought, word and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indigna­tion against me. I do earnestly repent, and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings; the remem­brance of them is grievous unto me; the burden of them is in­tolerable; have mercy upon me, have mercy upon me, most mer­ciful Father, for thy Son Jesus Christs sake, forgive me all that is past; and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee [Page 56] in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

FOrgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me the sins of my Age, and the sins of my Youth; the sins of my Soul, and the sins of my Body; my Secret and my Whispering sins; my presumptious and my Crying sins, the sins that I have done to please my self, and the sins that I have done to please others.

Forgive my wanton and idle Sins; forgive me my serious and deliberate sins; forgive me those sins which I know, and those sins which I know not; the sins which I have laboured so long to hide from o­thers, that now I have even hid them from my own Memory: For­give me them, O Lord, forgive me them all; of thy great mer­cy [Page 57] let me be Absolved from all my offences, and of thy boun­tiful goodness, let me be delive­red from the bands of those sins, which by my frailty I have committed. Grant this, O Hea­venly Father, for Jesus Christ his sake our Blessed Lord and Saviour,

Amen.

Prayers to be said after the recei­ving of the Holy Sacrament.

O Blessed Jesus, who didst take upon thee our Nature, and didst suffer Death upon the Cross for our Redemption, and hast com­manded us to continue the memory of this thy precious Death till thy Coming again: Oh! let not the inestimable Benefits of it be frustra­ted by my Manifold and grievous sins, but inspire my Soul with those Graces which may qualifie me [Page 58] to receive them tendered unto me in this Blessed Sacrament, O Lord, thou seest that I have no power of my self to help my self! Oh Let the pitifulness of thy great Mercy loose me from the chains of those sins wherewitth I am ti­ed and bound; that being thus set at liberty, I here with chear­fulness run the ways of thy Com­mandements, and hereafter enter into thy Joy, O blessed Saviour and Redemer.

Amen.

2. THou O God and Saviour' knowest how vile I am, and with what eagerness I have purchased the paths that lead un­to everlasting Death! How often hath this Feast been prepared, and lovingly Bidden, there to; but have with frivolous excuses ab­sented my self? Or, If I have come I have brought such troops of thy [Page 59] profeffed enemies, unrepented Sins along with, me as if I came not to adore, but to defie thee; not to commemorate, but renew thy Passion! I am not worthy, O Lord I am not worthy to come into thy presence much less, to eat the Flesh of the Sacrificed Lamb: For, my sins, O Blessed Jesu, went along with me in confederation with the High Priests, in Treachery with Judas, in Injustice with Pilate, in Malice and Cruelty with the People: Oh! what punishment then shall I be thought worthy of, who have thus trampled under foot the Son of God, and counted the Blood of the Cove­nant an unholy thing; Where shall I vile Wretch appear, who have put my Lord to Death! who have crucified to my self the Son of God afresh, and put thee to an open shame! where should I appear, but before a Saviour, who hath loved and [Page 60] ed for me, though I have hated and murthered him? thy Blood O Je­su is my only Refuge! Oh! Let the Cry of it speak on my behalf? and may it speak better things than the Blood of Abel, be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my Soul trusteth in thee, and in the Clefts of thy wounds shall be my Refuge, until thy Fathers Indignation be over-past! O Blessed Advocate and Mediator, intercede for me with thy Father and Ours, thy God and Ours? and grant, that by the Grace which thou hast found, by the Prerogative which thou hast deserved by the Mercy which thou hast purchased for me as thou hast been partaker of my sufferings and Infirmities, so I by thy Death and Resurrection, and by thy infinite gracious Intercession may be made partaker of thy Ho­liness [Page 61] and thy Glory, even for thy own Merits sake.

Amen.

3. O Lord, who hast promised, that if I open my mouth wide, Thou wilt fill it, I pray thee, to open it; and not my mouth on­ly, but my heart also: Oh! cre­ate in thy Servant a great hunger and thirst after the things of thy Kingdom, and the Righteonsness of it, after all the holy Graces, and all the holy Ministeries of Grace; that I may long for the Bread of Heaven, thirst after the Fountain of Salvation; and as the Hart panteth after the Water-brcoks, so my Soul may desire thee, O Lord: Oh! kindle such an holy flame in my Soul, that it may consume all my sins and cursed affections, that I may never again defile the place which thou hast chosen for thy [Page 62] Temple. Thou didst O dear Jesu, to redeem me from iniquity; Oh! let me not sell my self again to work wickedness: I am a sinner, a grie­vous one, not worthy to look up to Heaven; but be thou pleased to look down into the dust, and lift up a sinner from the Dunghil; let me not perish in my folly, or be consu­med in thy heavy displeasure: Give me time and space to repent, and give me power of Grace, that as by thy holy Inspiration I do sincere­ly and fixedly resolve on an intire Reformation, so by thy merciful guidance I may faithfully perform the same.

Amen.

4. O Thou great Physician of Souls; heal me of those many, and foul Diseases which my Soul groans under; Grant that I may now so touch thee that e­very one of those loathsom issues may immediately stanch, that these [Page 63] sicknesses may not be unto Death; but to the glory of thy mercy in pardoning, to the glory of thy Grace in purifying so polluted a wretch. O Christ hear me! inspire me with an holy Zeal to mortifie my sins, sup­port me with an holy hope, confirm me with an excellent and unre­provable Faith, and inkindle in me a never-failing Charity: Let me judge my self, that I be not judged by thee; condemn my self, that I be not condemned with the world but receiving this Holy Sacrament with a penitent heart, and a lively Faith, I may partake the great be­nefits of it; I may dwell in Christ, and Christ in me; I may be one with Christ, and Christ with me, the Lord be merciful unto me, and grant this for his own Bowels and Compassion sake,

Amen.

ALmighty Lord, who hast of thine infinite mercies vouch­safed [Page 64] to ordain this Sacrament for a perpetual memory of that Blessed Sacrifice which once thou madest for us upon the Cross; grant me with such diligent remembrance, and such due reverence, do parti­cipate of this so holy and wonder­ful a mystery, that I may be made worthy by thy Grace to obtain the virtue and fruits of the same, with all the benefits of thy precious Death and Passion, even the Re­mission of all my sins, and the ful­ness of all thy Graces, which I beg for thy only Saviour, God from everlasting, and world without end

Amen.

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, regard, we beseech thee the devotions of thy humble Servants who do now celebrate the Memo­rial which thy Son and our Savi­our hath commanded to be made [Page 65] in remembrance of his most blessed Pas­sion and Sacrifice; that by the me­rits and Power thereof, now repre­sented before thy Divine Majesty, we, and all thy whole Church may be made partakers of all other the Benefits of his most precious Death and Resurrection from the Earth, and glorious Ascention into Heaven, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, World without end.

Amen.

BE pleased, O God, to accept this our bounden duty and service and command that the Prayers and Supplications, together with the Re­membrance of Christs Passion, which we do now offer up unto thee, may by the Ministry of the holy Angels be brought up into thy Heavenly Ta­bernacle; and that thou not weigh­ing our merits, but looking upon the blessed Sacrifice of our Savi­our, [Page 64] which was once fully and per­fectly made for us all, mayest par­don our offences, and replenish us with thy Grace and heavenly benediction, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

ALmighty God, the Fountain of all goodness, from whom every good and perfect gift pro­ceedeth; and to whom all glory and honour should be returned: I do desire most heartily to thank thee, for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed me, who have 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 me thereby of thy favour and goodness towards me, and that I am a very member incorporate in the mystical Body of thy Son, which is the blessed Company of all faithful people; and am also an Heir through [Page 67] hope of thine everlasting Kingdom, by the merits of the most precious Death and Passion of thy dear Son. O the height and depth of that un­speakable mercy of thine, who art pleased to admit me a sinful wretch to have any part in those inestimable benefits, which I have so often despised and trampled un­der foot! I am not worthy, O Lord, of that daily Bread which sustains the body; But thou hast made me partaker of that living Bread which came down from Hea­ven, which nourisheth the Soul, and, of which whosoever eateth, shall live for ever. O grant that my Soul may relish this Divine Food with Spiritual ravishments, and love, great as the flame of Cherubims; and grant that what thou hast given me for the Remis­sion of my sins, may not by any fault become the increase of them; [Page 68] that this Holy Communion prove not unto me, unto Judgement and Condemnation, but may support and preserve me in every Tempta­tion, rejoyce and quiet me in eve­ry trouble, enlighten and strength­en me in every good word and Work; Comfort and defend me in the hour of my death against all oppositions of the Spirit of Dark­ness, and further me in the attain­ment of everlasting Salvation, through Jesus Christ,

Amen.

MOst Holy God, who art of purer eyes than to behold Iniquity, grant, I pray thee, that no unclean thing may be in me, who have now Received thee into my heart and soul; but let this Blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit, offered himself with­out spot to thee, purge my Con­science from dead works to serve [Page 69] thee the living God: Give me Grace, that from henceforth I put off concerning my former conver­sation the Old man, which is cor­rupt, according to the deceitful Lusts, and be renewed in the Spi­rit of my mind, and put on the New Man; which after thee is created in Righteousness and true Holiness to which purpose be pleased to watch over me for good, to keep me both outwardly in my Body, and inwardly in my Soul, O God thou seest I nave no power of my self to help my self; thou know­est me also to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of my Na­ture, I cannot always stand upright, grant to me such strength and pro­tection, as may support me in all dangers, and carry me through all Temptations, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

[Page 70] O Thou with whom is no varia­bleness, nor shadow of turning let thy holy Spirit direct me in all things, let thy Grace always al­ways prevent and follow me, and preserve me against all assaults of my Spiritual enemies, Especially of my own treacherous heart, which is deceitful above all things, wick­ed, desperately wicked, O Lord, thou knowest it: how often hath it be­trayed me to the breach of thy holy Laws, to the violation of all these Vows and promises which I have made to thee? How often have I turned my back in the day of battel? O let me no more thus start aside like a broken bow, but be stedfast, unmovable, always a­bounding in the work of the Lord, resisting the Devil that he may flee from me, subduing my flesh, and bringing it into subjection; cru­cifying and overcoming the world. [Page 71] And therefore let those solemn Vows, which I have now made to forge my sins, never depart from my mind but let the remembrance of them excite me to fight manfully under thy banner, and continue thy faithful servant and Soulder unto my lives end,

Amen.

O Lord I do here humbly pre­sent unto thee my Soul and Body, to be a living, holy, and reasonable Sacrifice unto thee; I be­seech thee sanctifie my Body, that from a polluted Dunghil, it may be­come the Temple of God. Sanctifie my Soul, and receive it for thy dwelling place the Seat of thy Spi­rit, and an house of Prayer and holy Meditation: Sanctifie me through­out, that both my Body, and Soul, and Spirit, may be preserved blameless unto the comming of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom with [Page 72] thee, O Father and the Holy Ghost, be all Honour and Glo­ry, World without end.

Amen.