The New Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper, as Recommended and Appointed by the Church of England;: Consisting of Meditations and Prayers for the Morning and Evening of Every Day in the Week with Forms of Examination and Confession of Sins and a Companion at the Altar, Directing the Communicant in His Behaviour and Devotions at the Lords Table Also Meditations to Enable Us to Live Well After Receiving the Holy Sacrament. To which are Added a Morning & Evening Prayer for the Closet Or Family &c..assignment from the executors of the Late Edwd. Wicksteed, 1770 - 156 pages |
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... state of Hap- “ piness . " 66 For thefe reafons I thought it my duty , as a chriftian , to ex- plade that fulfome and luscious method of the Old Week's Pre- paration , which has moft fcandalously put into the mouth of the devout reader ...
... state of Hap- “ piness . " 66 For thefe reafons I thought it my duty , as a chriftian , to ex- plade that fulfome and luscious method of the Old Week's Pre- paration , which has moft fcandalously put into the mouth of the devout reader ...
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... State : For tho brain - fick Opinions and falfe Principles may make Men proud and head- ftrong , and troublesome to their Governors and Superiors ; yet folid Know- ledge and fincere Godliness , will make Men humble and meek , quiet and ...
... State : For tho brain - fick Opinions and falfe Principles may make Men proud and head- ftrong , and troublesome to their Governors and Superiors ; yet folid Know- ledge and fincere Godliness , will make Men humble and meek , quiet and ...
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... perfection ; when the whole was reduced to this defperate state , and no imaginable hope left to recover us ; behold ! thy eternal wisdom finds an a- 3 mazing to redeem mazing expedient , the laft and the higheft 40 Tuesday Morning .
... perfection ; when the whole was reduced to this defperate state , and no imaginable hope left to recover us ; behold ! thy eternal wisdom finds an a- 3 mazing to redeem mazing expedient , the laft and the higheft 40 Tuesday Morning .
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... render our prayers and praifes acceptable in thy fight . O let me never fall into a carelefs and unconcerned state of mind ; into a cold- € 4 nefs nefs and indifferency towards the duties of re- ligion , Tuesday Morning . 43.
... render our prayers and praifes acceptable in thy fight . O let me never fall into a carelefs and unconcerned state of mind ; into a cold- € 4 nefs nefs and indifferency towards the duties of re- ligion , Tuesday Morning . 43.
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... state of immortality . Thy former birth did fhew thee to be the fon of man , but this declares thee to be the fon of God ; and now we know that thou our redeemer liveft , for thou haft told us , I am be that liveth , and was dead ; and ...
... state of immortality . Thy former birth did fhew thee to be the fon of man , but this declares thee to be the fon of God ; and now we know that thou our redeemer liveft , for thou haft told us , I am be that liveth , and was dead ; and ...
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Page 127 - Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us : thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us: thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer: thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father...
Page 116 - ... give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered,) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world ; and did institute, and in his holy gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again...
Page 115 - WE do not presume to come to this Thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. 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...
Page 126 - Thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving ; most humbly beseeching Thee to grant, that by the merits and death of Thy SON JESUS CHRIST, and through faith in His blood, we and all Thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of His passion.
Page 108 - Christ with us :)so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's body ; We kindle God's wrath against us ; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death.
Page 124 - Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which, by his precious blood-shedding, he hath obtained to us, he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort.
Page 107 - And we also bless Thy holy Name for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear ; beseeching Thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of Thy heavenly kingdom.
Page 26 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
Page 117 - What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Page 108 - Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the LORD ; repent you truly for your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in CHRIST our SAVIOUR ; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries.