press their thanks, and beg God's blessings upon themselves, and their daily food, these following may be made use of.

GRACES BEFORE OUR MEALS.

O God, who giveth food unto all flesh, grant that we may receive these Thy gifts with Thy blessing, and use them with sobriety and thankful hearts, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BLESS us, O God, and grant that we may receive these Thy gifts with Thy blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GRACES AFTER OUR MEALS.

MAY God, who hath given us bodily food, give us also spiritual food and life, and make us ever-mindful of the wants of others, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

MAKE us truly thankful, O Lord, for our daily bread, and for all other mercies which we receive; and help us to love and serve Thee, the Giver of all good, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

A

SHORT AND PLAIN INSTRUCTION

FOR THE

BETTER UNDERSTANDING

OF

THE LORD'S SUPPER;

WITH THE

NECESSARY PREPARATION REQUIRED:

FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG COMMUNICANTS, AND OF SUCH AS HAVE NOT WELL CONSIDERED THIS HOLY ORDINANCE.

TO WHICH IS ANNEXED,

The Office of the Holy Communion,

WITH PROPER HELPS AND DIRECTIONS FOR JOINING IN EVERY PART THEREOF WITH UNDERSTANDING AND BENEFIT.

A short Introduction to the true Understanding of the Lord's Supper
A Prayer of thankfulness for God's sending His own Son to redeem
Mankind

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A Prayer for retaining a grateful Remembrance of what Christ has done for us in this divine Institution

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SECTION III.

How a Christian ought to prepare himself for this Sacrament
The first Head of Self-examination concerning our Repentance
A Prayer for Repentance

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SECTION IV.

Concerning our Purposes of leading a New or a Christian Life
A Prayer for the Grace of loving God with all our Heart, &c.

An Inquiry, Whether we have a lively Faith in God's Mercy through

SECTION VII.

An Inquiry, Whether we have a thankful Remembrance of Christ's 358

An Inquiry, Whether we are in Charity with all the World.

The Prayer on that occasion

SECTION IX.

General Observations, pertinent to the subjects of the foregoing Sections 362 Observations on receiving worthily, or unworthily, the Sacrament of

Meditations on several Texts of Scripture, proper to be used a little before receiving

366

Introduction to the Order for Administration of the Lord's Supper 371 The Order for Administration of the blessed Sacrament, with suitable Observations and Directions

372

Private Devotions after the Sacrament, either in the Church or at Home 411

Concerning Spiritual Communion

A brief and plain Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer

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