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Meditations and prayers to be used before, at, and after the receiving of the holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
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Northumberland, Elizabeth Percy, Countess of, 1623-1690.
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1682
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MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS To be used before at and after the Receiving of the HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE LORDS SUPPER LONDON Printed for N. W. Anno Dom. 1682. PRAYERS To be used at the HOLY SACRAMENT At your first kneeling down say O LORD I am not fit nor worthy thou shouldest come under that filthy Roof of the House of my Soul because it is wholly Desolate and Ruinous neither hast thou with me a fit place to lay thy Head but as thou didst vouchsafe to be laid in a Stable and Manger of Unreasonable Beasts as thou did'st not disdain to be entertain'd in the house of Simon the Leaper as thou did'st not reject the Harlot coming nor yet the Thief on the Cross confessing thee even so Vouchsafe to admit me also a miserable and out of measure sinful Creature to the Receiving of the most pure and saving Mysteries of thy Holy Body and precious Blood and the Good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his Heart to seek the Lord God of his Fathers though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary O My God I know my own unworthiness yet in the multitude of thy Mercies I humbly approach thine Altar beseeching thee not to behold me with a severe but Gracious Eye thou knowest the earnest desire of my Soul be thou pleased to pass by the weakness of the Flesh and assist me with thy most Holy Spirit and grant that I may Receive this Sacrament to the Honour and glory of thy great Name and the good Comfort and Salvation of my own Soul Grant this Holy Father for the sake of thy Blessed Son my only Saviour in whose name and Words I beg this mercy and what else thou knowest needful for me OUR Father c. A Confession O Almighty God I thy poor sinful Creature full of Anguish Confusion for my Offences against thy Majesty do make bold to come to thee because thou art the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and for his sake inclinable to shew us Mercy Thou art the Maker of me and of all things and thou hatest nothing that thou hast made Thou hast pity on all the works of thy hands so that I am encouraged to make my Supplications unto thee O thou Judge of all men for it is in thy Power for ever to acquit or condemn me I tremble and am asham'd to be found a Sinner against so infinite Power and Goodness but I must not add Hypocricie to my Disobedience Therefore I acknowledge freely and bewail most bitterly my manifold offences of all kinds from the least of my Sins to the greatest of my Crimes and wickednesses all and every one of which I long and frequently from time to time with many provoking aggravations most grieviously have committed Lord who can tell how oft I have offended by Thoughts in vain and Evil Imaginations by Words in false and uncharitable Speeches In Deed by ungodly intemperate Actions For alas by all and every one of these ways I have daily Sin'd against thy Divine Majesty turning thereby thy loving kindness into displeasure and provoking thee to Anger I have given thee cause most Justly to let loose thy wrath and Indignation against me to my utter ruine If thy Mercy do not help me my Guilt is evident my Danger apparent and my estate is most deplorable wherefore I do most passionately and earnestly Repent that ever I did commit them and I am heartily sorry with all my Soul for these my so many and so abominable misdoings When I look upon the baseness and the presumption of these vile offences the remembrance of them does pierce my heart with shame and sorrow and is most grievous unto me when I behold thy Favour which I have forfeited and Eternal Damnation which I have deserved thereby the burthen of them presseth down my Soul with a load of terror and amazement that is intolerable yet since thou callest all who are heavy laden I must not despair of thy pity but in this great distress I do beseech thee to have Mercy upon me and since my necessity forceth me to be Importunate I will cry again have Mercy on me I know thou art a most Merciful Father though by my Sins I am much unworthy to be called thy Child yet I hope thy Bowels will yern upon me I Lye prostrate and helpless begging of thee for thy Dearly Beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ his sake and by the Merits of his Cross and Passion to forgive me freely and fully all that is past from the beginning of my Life till this very moment Lord make me an instance of thy Mercy and grant when I have received so excellent and so undeserved a favour that I may be so engaged thereby as that for ever hereafter I may beware of falling back into the like sin and misery Convert me I beseech thee as well as pardon me and enable me most obediently to serve and most intirely to please thee by spending the rest of my Life in newness of Life and all Holy conversation which through the help of thy Grace I do here Vow and Resolve upon That this mighty change may tend to the Honour and Glory of thy Name who hast so wonderfully delivered me all which I most heartily begg through Jesus Christ our Lord to whose intercession for me do thou say Amen and it shall be according to thy Word Amen The ADDRESS HOly God thou mightest justly wonder to see such a grievous sinner daring to come so near but I do not impudently rush upon these dreadful Misteries nor do I presume to come to this thy Table where Angels do attend as if I'deserved this honour O merciful Lord God I do not approach trusting in my own Righteousness for alas I have done nothing which can bear that name but that which drew me hither was my confidence in thy Manifold and Great Mercies which exceed my Manifold and Great Offences and now that I am before thee I must still confess what ever Favours thy Goodness heaps upon me that I am not worthy by reason of my sinfulness and backslidings so much as with the Doggs to gather up the Crumbs that fall under thy Table nor fit to receive the least Mercies or Measure of Grace from thee much less to sit as a Guest before thy Majesty at this Heavenly Feast but yet I make bold to do this because thou art not to be changed by our sins being ever the same Lord whose property is to be unwearied in well-doing and never wanting in Mercy Thou art wont always to have Mercy on those who confess their Offences grant unto me gracious Lord by the present assistance of thy holy Spirit so to Eat the Flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ Spiritually in this Sacrament and so to Drink his Blood as that I may receive all the benefit of his Cross and Passion even that my sinful and defiled Body may be made clean with his Holy and Immaculate Body
behold how thou hast incensed the Majesty of Heaven see how he gives up the most Innocent and most Holy Jesus thy best thy only Friend and his own Dear Son to be trampled and tormented for thy Sins Oh! how cruelly was he scourged with Whips wounded with Thorns loaden with the Cross torn with Nails pierced with a Spear and racked on the most painful Instrument of Death his lovely Face defiled with Blood and Spittle his Ears filled with Taunts and Curses his Eyes drench'd in Tears for the ruine of his Enemies and his Soul amaz'd at the terrors of the Divine Wrath till at length all wounded broken and bloody with many groans yet with admirable patience he breaths out his Holy Soul and yet what ever he suffered was my Portion my pleasure hath been his pain my wicked Life hath caused his bitter Death wretch that I am to live in such a manner that nothing else could satisfie or make my peace But here I come this day to call my Sins to remembrance I will look on thee whom I have pierced with a most tender and sympathizing affection and reflect that as I break this Holy Bread with my Teeth so wast thou bruised for our Iniquities and our Offences did grind thee with grief and pain Holy Saviour I am angry at my self and full of anguish to see what I have brought upon thee I am sorry with all my Heart that I have given harbour to thy Murtherers but I hope this most dismal Spectacle shall mortify in me all desires after evil and make me â—â—hor all those desperate pleasures which must so much Offend thee which must be Cleansed by thy most precious Blood or else stand charged upon mâ— account for ever No no I will never crucify thee again by renewing my disobedience for I have done too much already Before the CVP. O Blessed Lord who hast given the Blood of thine only Son to be shed for our Sins and to Refresh and Restore our weary gasping Souls Cleanse and Sanctify me O Lord that I may receive this Cup with a pure Heart and not with polluted Lips to the Eternal Comfort and Refreshment of my Soul Amen Methinks O my Redeemer while thou art pouring forth thy most precious Blood thou mayest Look upon me with a Countenance mixed with pity and Upbraiding that I should take so little care to save this Soul which thou hast bought at such a rate Is not here represented those drops and streams of blood that have sealed the Covenant of peace and confirmed all the promises of the Gospel why then am I not swallowed up with admiration why do I not breath and pant after it I am not come to quench my bodily thirst but to wash my Soul in this Salutory fountain O how freely it flows how perfectly it cures Lord let me tast thereof make it unto me the Blood of Jesus for it is that my Soul Thirsteth after and now that powerful word hath hallowed it Let me not by evil thoughts or unbelief Malice or Impenitence make it to my self an unhallowed thing but as thou hast fitted it for the Mistery O fit me also to receive it I cannot now have any low or Common thoughts about it I will by faith esteem it as my Saviours Blood and though I am unworthy of so Divine a Cordial yet my Soul gaspeth for it and without it I must dye and Perish At the Receiving of the C V P. O Let this blood of thine Purge my Conscience from dead works to serve the Living God Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean O touch me and say I will be thou Clean. After the C V P. Blessed be thy Holy Name O Lord my God who hast Vouchsafed me to drink of this fountain of Living water the precious Blood of thy dear Son Grant that this holy Cup may be an Antidote and preservative against all sin and evil and may keep my Soul in health and strength to the end of my days LORD what is Man that thou art thus mindful of him or the Son of Man that thou thus Visitest him what is thy servant that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dogg as I am the doggs eat of the Crumbs which fall from their Masters Table but thou hast fed me with the bread of thine own Children and given me to drink of thine own Cup Thou hast fed me in a green pasture and Ledst me forth beside the waters of Comfort O tast and see how gracious the Lord is Blessed is the man that trusteth in him what reward shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me Lord I offer up to thee my self my Soul and Body all that I am have humbly beseeching thee Graciously to receive me for thy Servant to dwell in thy House and to Praise thy Name for evermore Thou art worthy O Lord to receive Honour and Glory and Power for thou hast Created all things and for thy Pleasure they are and were created thou art worthy to take the book and open the Seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast Redeemed us unto our God Kings and Priests and we shall Reign with thee for ever Salvation to our God which fitteth on the Throne and to the Lamb. Amen Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Thanksgiving and Honour and Power and Might be unto God for ever and ever Amen A Thanksgiving after Receiving O Thou Fountain of all Goodness from whom every good and perfect guift cometh and to whom all Honour and Glory should be returned I desire with all the most fervent and inflamed affections of a grateful heart to bless and praise thee for those inestimable Mercies thou hast vouchsafed unto me Lord what is man that thou shouldst so regard him as to send thy beloved Son to suffer such bitter things for him But Lord what am I thy most sinful Creature that I should have any part in this attonement who have so often been wretchedly ungrateful for his sufferings O the heighth and depth of this Mercy of thine that art pleased to admit me to the Renewing of that Covenant with thee which I have so often so perversly broken that I am not worthy of that daily bread which sustains the body should be made partaker of this Bread of Life which nourisheth the Soul and that the God of all purity should vouchsafe to unite himself to so polluted a wretch O my God suffer me no more I beseech thee to turn thy Grace into wantonness to make thy Mercy an Occasion of security but let this unspeakable Love of thine constrain me to Obedience that since my blessed Lord hath dyed for me I may no longer live unto my self but to him O Lord I know there is no concord between Christ and Belial therefore since he hath now been pleased to enter my heart O let me never permit any Lust to chace him thence but let him that hath so dearly bought me still keep possession