a_o sermon_n about_o frequent_a communion_n preach_v before_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n august_n the_o 17_o 1679._o by_o tho._n smith_n d._n d._n and_o fellow_n of_o st._n mary_n magdalen_n college_n oxon._n london_n print_v for_o samuel_n smith_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1685._o reverendissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la d._n gulielmo_n divinâ_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantvariensi_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primati_fw-la &_o metropolitano_n serenissimae_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la à _fw-la sanctioribus_fw-la consiliis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la primaevae_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la hierarchiae_n strenuo_fw-la vindici_fw-la &_o adsertori_n ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n sub_fw-la optimo_fw-la &_o benignissimo_fw-la rege_fw-la prudentissimo_fw-la moderatori_fw-la magno_fw-la literatorum_fw-la patrono_fw-la t._n s._n hanc_fw-la de_fw-la frequenti_fw-la communione_fw-la concionem_fw-la coram_fw-la academicis_fw-la oxoniensibus_fw-la habitam_fw-la humillimè_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la omni_fw-la debita_fw-la veneratione_n offer_v a_o sermon_n about_o frequent_a communion_n 1_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n ch_n 11._o v._n 26._o for_o as_o often_o as_o you_o eat_v this_o bread_n and_o drink_v this_o cup_n you_o do_v show_v the_o lord_n death_n till_o he_o come_v whatever_o do_v happen_v extraordinary_o and_o above_o the_o usual_a and_o establish_a course_n of_o nature_n do_v mighty_o affect_v our_o mind_n and_o fancy_n at_o first_o and_o surprise_v and_o fill_v we_o with_o wonder_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v grow_v a_o little_a familiar_a with_o it_o our_o thought_n be_v at_o rest_n and_o notwithstanding_o our_o former_a transport_n and_o heat_n we_o quick_o grow_v cool_v and_o the_o impression_n which_o it_o make_v upon_o we_o wear_v away_o by_o degree_n and_o we_o care_v not_o to_o make_v any_o far_a reflection_n upon_o it_o and_o 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institute_v the_o bless_a sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n and_o
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