66 Whereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling (which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue); yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved; it is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread and Wine there bodily received, or unto any corporeal presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians); and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places than one."

CONCLUDING PRAYER

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RESOLUTION.

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath already touched our hearts with a sense of His glory, enrich us with all spiritual blessings, and make us to abound more and more in faith and love, and all goodness. That, after having served our generation here, we may be admitted into the city of the living God, to the innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly of the first-born, which are written in heaven, to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament, whose blood speaks better things than that of Abel.

And here let us say, as Peter did upon the holy Mount, Lord, It is good for us to be here. But these sweet and precious moments are soon numbered and finished: supper is ended, thanks are returned, the guests are dismissed with a blessing. Now, let it be as much our care to return in a right spirit from this ordinance, as to approach in a right spirit to the ordinance. If we have been abundantly satisfied with the goodness of His House, let our souls make their boast in the Lord Jesus Christ, rejoicing in Him, and in the great love wherewith He hath loved us; and earnestly praying,-O continue forth Thy loving-kindness towards them that know Thee, and Thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart.

AFTER MUSINGS.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.-Ps. xxiii. 1.

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.-Ps. cxviii. 1.

Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come. Song of Solomon ii. 11, 12.

Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.- John xvi. 23.

Ask in faith, nothing wavering.—James i. 6.