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that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him 1.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life 2.

And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first, and the last. Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie3.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life *.

Now unto Him That is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever 5. Amen.

Prayer for God's acceptance of this day's devotions, and for grace to put in practice our good resolutions, and finally to attain everlasting life.

BLESSED be Thy holy Name, O Lord my God, for Thy great mercy and goodness to Thine unworthy servant this day, in giving me both the opportunity and the will to retire from the world, in order to a more serious and solemn attendance on those religious duties that concern my everlasting salvation.

1 Mal. iii. 17.

2 Rev. ii. 10.

3 Ibid. xxii. 12-15.

Accept, I humbly beseech Thee, my humiliation and repentance for all the sins of my past life; my resolutions of better obedience for the future; and the prayers, and supplications, and thanksgivings which I have offered up to Thy Divine Majesty.

Of Thine infinite mercy pardon all my failings; and whatsoever good work Thou hast begun in me, be pleased to accomplish and perfect it until the day of Christ. Lord, Thou knowest my weakness, and the number and strength of those temptations I am to struggle with: O leave me not to myself; but cover Thou my head in the day of battle, and in all my spiritual conflicts make me more than conqueror through Him that loved me. O let not the terrors or flatteries of the world, nor the deceitfulness of mine own corrupt heart, ever betray me to the breach of those promises which I have made to Thee this day but grant that I may be so stedfast, unmoveable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord, that I may in the end obtain that eternal life, which Thou hast promised to those who by patient continuance in welldoing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality.

Grant this, O merciful Father, for the sake of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ; Who died for our sins, and rose again for our justification, and now sitteth at Thy right hand to make intercession for all penitent sinners. Amen. Amen.

END OF THE OFFICE OF PENITENCE and HUMILIATION &c.

OFFICE

FOR THE

HOLY COMMUNION.

IN FIVE SECTIONS;

WITH AN APPENDIX.

SECT. I. DEATH OF CHRIST, -ITS EFFICACY &c. II. SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD'S

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OFFICE

FOR THE

HOLY COMMUNION.

IN FIVE SECTIONS;

WITH AN APPENDIX.

SECT. 1. DEATH OF CHRIST, ITS EFFICACY &c.- -2. SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.. 3. DEVOTIONS PREPARATIVE. APPENDIX FOR

4. AT THE LORD'S TABLE.-5. AT HOME. SUCH AS CANNOT PUBLICLY COMMUNICATE.

SECTION I.

SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCESAND OF THE EFFICACY OF CHRIST'S DEATH; -WITH SUITABLE PRAYERS: containing

1. A historical relation of the sufferings and death of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; with a prayer for a participation in the benefits of His sufferings and death.-2. Scripture proofs that the death of our Saviour Christ upon the cross was a true and proper sacrifice offered up by Him for the atonement of sin, and accepted by the Father as a full satisfaction, in the behalf of all those who shall comply with the terms of the new covenant in His blood; with a thanksgiving for the propitiation of Christ's death.

1. Historical relation of the sufferings and death of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh,

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