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After retiring from the Table to your seat, employ yourself, (if you have time) while others are receiving the Communion, in the following Devotions.

Psalm.

I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy righteous judgments;

For the merciful and gracious Lord hath sent redemption unto his people; He hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his Name.

He hath prepared a Table before me against them that trouble me; He hath anointed head with oil, and my cup shall be full.

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Open me then the gates of righteousness, that I may go in into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord, the righte ous shall enter into it.

This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Thou art my God,and I will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praise thee.

O, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endureth for

ever.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xi. 23.

I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread:

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, Eat; this is my Body, which is broken for you: this do in Remembrance of Me.

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new Testament in my Blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in Remembrance of Me.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and

drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this Bread, and drink this Cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup,

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh CONDEMNATION to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matthew, xxvi. 20.

Now, when the even was come, Jesus sat down with the Twelve.

And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, Eat; this is my Body.

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it:

For this is my Blood of the New Tes tament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Kneel, and repeat the following Prayers.

O Lord, I have now done as Thou hast commanded me, and let thy name be for ever blessed! O, let me experience the great benefits of this thy divine Institution; pour down thy graces upon me; direct my goings in thy way; enable me to persevere in the constant practice of a holy and religious life, even to the last moment of my days; and grant me, I beseech Thee, the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, that all carnal affections may die in me, and that all things belonging to the spirit may live and grow in me; that Imay have power and strength to triumph against the world, the flesh,and the devil; and finally, may be indued with all those heavenly virtues, which are pleasing in thy sight, and which Thou hast graci

ously promised to reward, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son; to whom, with the Father, and the holy Ghost, be ascribed all honor and glory, world without end.

For a worthy Reception of others.

O Lord, our heavenly Father,almighty and everlasting God, regard, I beseech Thee, the devotions of thy humble servants, who are now celebrating the memorial which thy Son our Savior instituted, and in his holy gospel commanded us, to continue, in remembrance of his precious death until his coming again. Accept this their bounden sacrifice ofpraise and thanksgiving; and enable them, and thy whole church, by the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, to obtain remission of their sins, and all other benefits of his passion. Grant this, O Lord, for the sake, and through the mediation of Jesus Christ.

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