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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08365	A dialogue between a pastor and parishioner, touching the Lord's Supper. Wherein the most material doubts and scruples about receiving that holy sacrament, are removed, and the way thereto discovered to be both plain and pleasant. Very usefull for private christians in these scrupulous times. With some short prayers fitted for that occasion, and a morning and evening prayer for the use of private families / by Michael Altham, Vicar of Latton in Essex.	Altham, Michael, 1633-1705.	1687 (1687)	Wing A2933AB; ESTC R172247	65,705	236

You must make it your great concern with all care and Conscience to perform your Baptismal Vow and Covenant in all the parts and branches thereof i. e. You must take care to spend the remainder of your lives in living holily towards God and righteously towards all men And thus have I endeavoured to perform the third and last part of my Promise by acquainting you what it is that will be expected from you after you have had the honour to be admitted a Guest at God's Table and to bear your part in the Celebration of this holy Feast Pashioner Sir You have to my great satisfaction fully performed all that you promised And now it is my part not only to remember but carefully to observe and conscienciously follow those good Rules and Instructions which you have given me And that from this time forward I will endeavour by God's Assistance to do I beg your Pardon for the trouble I have given you and heartily thank you for the pains you have taken with me I hope you will excuse the One and I will endeavour to improve the Other to those good Ends and Purposes which you design'd it And that I may the sooner set about that Work I will at present take my Leave of you Pastor God b'w'y ' good Neighbour Go and do as you have said and the Lord give a Blessing thereunto Be not you wanting to your self in your Endeavours and God Almighty will never be wanting to you in his assistance But that you may carry on this work the more comfortably be frequent in your Prayers to God for his blessing and direction and rest assured my Prayers shall not be wanting at the Throne of Grace that you may be successful therein A SHORT FORM OF PRAYERS Fitted for the more Worthy RECEIVING OF THE Holy Communion WITH A Morning and Evening Prayer for the Use of Private Families WHen you hear the Exhortation read by the Minister on the Sunday or Holy-day before and find your selves thereby invited to and admonished to prepare your selves for the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper consider seriously by whom and to what you are invited imprint upon your minds a due sense of that great honour which is done you by God and of the great love of your dying Saviour and think with your selves with what Godly Preparation you ought to approach thereunto And that these impressions may not wear out let me advise you constantly to use this following or some such like Prayer and Confession every Morning and Evening the Week before O Almighty and most merciful Father who of thine infinite goodness hast been pleased to invite me not only to Feast with thee but to Feast upon thee who hast provided for me not only Sacramental Bread and Wine but the Bread and Water of Life the Body and Blood of my blessed Saviour How infinite is thy mercy and how unspeakable is thy loving kindness herein I am overwhelmed with the thoughts of it and lost in admiration But when I consider That Thou art a God of purer Eyes than to behold the least Iniquity That Thou neither dost nor canst approve of any Sin in any one then my fears arise and my confidence faileth me How shall I who am a great and grievous Sinner appear before thee How shall I dare to approach thy presence I cannot but own that both in thought word and deed I have grievously offended thy most Sacred Majesty and that too frequently and with too high an hand I have done what in me lay to forfeit thy favour and to provoke thy wrath and indignation against me What therefore can I expect but with him who wanted the Wedding-Garment to be rejected with scorn and exposed to Punishment But O Lord with Thee is mercy that thou mayst be feared It is thy property to have mercy and to forgive In confidence therefore of this thy great mercy and in hopes of Pardon and Forgiveness it is that I am now humbly bold to appear before Thee Behold me O Lord thus prostrate in thy presence with the tears of true and unfeigned Repentance bewailing the miscarriages of my by-past life and for thy mercies sake and for the merits sake of thy dear Son Jesus Christ humbly begging not only Pardoning Grace for Sins past but Preventing Grace against Sin for the time to come It was for my Sin that my Saviour suffered it was to wash away the stain thereof that he shed his Blood O let me not lose the benefit of it If there be any thing in me that may render me uncapable of it be pleased to remove it If there be any thing wanting in me to make me fit for it let thy Holy Spirit O Lord work it in me Subdue and mortifie all my Lusts and Corruptions and implant in me principles of Holiness and true Righteousness Teach me to love and fear Thee as I ought Give me an humble and obedient temper of mind Let it be my great pleasure to walk in thy ways and my only delight to keep thy commandments Make me thankful for all thy mercies and careful to improve them to thy glory my own comfort and the good of others Fit me for all states and conditions of life and prepare me for every good work but especially for the celebration of that Sacred Feast which I am now invited to Let nothing O Lord be wanting in me that Thou knowest requisite for me when I appear in thy presence Let me be found a welcome guest at thy Table and there receive that heavenly Food which alone can nourish up my Soul unto Eternal Life All which I humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ and in that Sacred form of Words which he himself hath taught us saying Our Father which art in Heaven c. In the Morning of the Communion-Day before you go to Church use this following or some such like Prayer O Lord my God the Day the joyful Day is come on which Thou hast promised to provide and invited me to be a guest at a most Heavenly Banquet This day I am to Feast with Thee and Feed upon my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Give me I beseech Thee a due sense of that Honour and Happiness I am now going to be made partaker of and make me truly thankful for it I am now going to Thy Table good Lord fit and prepare me for it furnish me with such Graces and Ornaments of Mind as may be suitable to so high and honourable an entertainment fill my Soul with Fear and Reverence with Humility and Meekness with Piety and Devotion and with Faith and Charity that nothing may be found wanting in me when I appear before Thee Let thy Blessing go along with me and let Thy Holy Spirit guide and direct me Let me find a gracious reception there and a full satisfaction to all my wishes and desires Enable me so to Eat the Flesh and Drink the Blood of my blessed

Saviour that he may evermore dwell in me and I in him Grant this O Lord for Jesus Christ's sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen When you Approach the Lord's Table and there see the Symbols of Christ's Body and Blood placed in order and ready to be Consecrated to that Holy Vse you may use this following or some other short Prayer to this purpose I Am here O Lord in Obedience to thy Command and am very desirous to do my Duty I come to renew my Covenant with Thee and beg thy assisting Grace That I may keep it better for the time to come To this end be pleased to increase and strengthen that Faith which Thou hast already wrought in me and grant That I may ever hereafter serve and please Thee in Newness of Life I find a Table spread for me blessed be thy Name for it give me I beseech Thee a Spiritual Appetite thereunto I am unfit I confess for so great an Honour I am unworthy to partake of these Holy Mysteries I have no Merits of my own to trust to but I have thy Mercies to depend upon and the Merits of my Blessed Saviour to plead for me Hear them O Lord and for their sakes look graciously down upon me upon their Account let me find Favour with Thee here and obtain Everlasting Life when Time shall be no more hereafter Amen When you see the Bread broken and the Wine poured out by the Minister then use this following or some other short Prayer to this purpose O Holy Jesu who for my sake didst suffer thy self to be Apprehended Arraigned and Condemned and at last to suffer Death upon the Cross for my Sins Give me Grace to be truly affected with the Remembrance of what Thou hast done and suffered for me Write it on the Tables of my Heart that I may ever be mindful of it and let the Consideration thereof cause me to hate Sin and love Holiness Create in me O Lord a new Heart and renew a right Spirit within me that for the future I may make it my business to Perfect Holiness in thy Fear That as Thou diedst for Sin so I may die to Sin That as thy Body was broken and Blood spilt upon the Cross for the Sins of Mankind so my Heart may be broken under the Sense of Sin and broken off from the love and likeing of any Sin and at last fixed upon Holy and stedfast Resolutions of better Obedience for the future Amen Whilst the Minister is Receiving the Sacrament himself and Administring it to the rest of the Communicants you may use this following or some other short Prayer to this effect O Blessed Lord God! Who am I that Thou shouldst be thus mindful of me That Thou shouldst admit me a Guest to thy Table I know I am unworthy to appear in thy Presence and should have wanted Confidence to approach this Sacred Place if I had not received thy Command so to do Lord Let me not suffer for my Obedience thereunto But as Thou hast thought fit to invite me hither so be pleased to prepare my Heart for the Reception of these Holy Mysteries provided for me And grant That my so doing may in some measure be instrumental to the Advancement of thy Glory the Good of my own Soul and the Edification of others And this I beg for Jesus Christ his sake Amen When you have Received the Holy Sacrament whilst the Minister is Administring it to others or returning to the Table and placing things decently and in order there you may use this following or some other short Prayer to this purpose O Almighty God and Heavenly Father I most heartily thank Thee for that Spiritual Food which I have now Received Let not I beseech Thee any Failure of mine deprive me of the Advantages of this Holy Feast But be pleased to add thy Blessing thereunto that so it may be Food indeed and nourish my Soul not only in Grace here but unto Glory hereafter I am so sensible of the Obligation that Thou hast been pleased now to lay upon me that I do henceforward devote and consecrate my self Soul and Body wholly to thy Service humbly beseeching Thee to accept this my bounden Duty and to give me Grace ever hereafter rightly and truly to perform the same to thy Honour and Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen When you return Home and are retired into your Chamber or Closset you may use this following or some other Prayer to this purpose O Almighty and most Merciful Father who art Good and do'st Good Thou art an inexhaustible Fountain and an unfathomable Depth of Mercy and Goodness Of thy Fulness we all receive and are filled without lessening thy Store How great an instance have I this Day had of thy Bounty How large an Experience of thy Mercy I confess I am a Sinner and a great Sinner the unworthiest of those that worship Thee unfit for the Company of thy Saints and Servants And yet I have this Day had the Honour to sit at thy Table and to be entertain'd by Thee at a most Heavenly Banquet I have had the Happiness not only to Feast with my Saviour but to feed upon Him to eat his Flesh and drink his Blood which whosoever doth He hath assured me Shall have Everlasting Life and He will Raise him up at the last Day What shall I render unto Thee O Lord for all this Mercy and Goodness I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of my God I will make it my business to serve and please Thee as long as I live These are my Resolutions Lord Let not thy assisting Grace be wanting to me for the Performance of them Write I beseech Thee this thy Mercy upon my Mind in such Characters as may never be blotted out Give me such a due Sense of it that my Heart may be unfeignedly thankful and that I may shew forth thy Praise not only with my Lips but in my Life by giving up my self to thy Service and by walking before Thee in Holiness and Righteousness all my Days through Jesus Christ our Lord In whose Blessed Name and Words I further Pray as He hath taught me saying Our Father which art in Heaven c. FOrasmuch as no Business either Religious or Civil can be well done by us without the Grace and Assistance of Almighty God nor any thing prosper under our Hands without his Blessing thereupon And that neither his Grace and Assistance nor his Blessing upon what we go about can reasonably be hoped for unless with Pious and Devout Hearts we faithfully and diligently Pray unto Him for the same It will highly concern us even in point of Interest as well as Duty to take the Counsel of St. Paul and Pray continually i. e. To keep our Hearts and Minds in such an Holy and Devout Frame and Temper that at all Times and upon all Occasions we may be ready to offer up pure Hearts and clean

Hands unto God in Prayer But though this ought to be the constant Frame and Temper of our Souls yet there are some particular Seasons when we ought seriously solemnly and on set purpose to exercise the same especially Morning and Evening And because all Masters of Families ought with the good Joshuah to take care that not only They themselves but those of their House serve the Lord and that this can never be well done without keeping up some Religious Order and Discipline in their Families it will not only be convenient but necessary for them to set apart some certain Times and Seasons wherein both they and their Houshold may jointly exercise this so immediate Act of Worship and together offer up their Prayers and return their Thanks and Praises unto God. This Part of Religious Worship I am afraid is too much neglected if not wholly laid aside in many Families at this Day To restore therefore this Holy Order and Discipline in private Families to revive the Exercise thereof and to assist those who are not already better supply'd in that Godly Practice I have Composed this following Prayer and do heartily wish that all Masters of Families would take care that either this or some such like Prayers be constantly at least every Morning and Evening used in their Houses The Prayer O Almighty most Merciful and Eternally Gracious Lord God! Thou art a God hearing Prayers therefore to Thee shall all Flesh come Thou art Good and doest Good Thou art the Great and Glorious Creatour of Heaven and Earth the Wise Orderer and Disposer of all things therein We the unworthiest of thy Creatures here on Earth are at this time prostrate in thy Presence humbly confessing our Sins and thankfully acknowledging thy Mercies We confess O Lord we have sinned against Heaven and against Thee and are no more worthy to be called thy People We have left undone those things which we ought to have done and we have done those things which we ought not to have done We have omitted many Duties and committed many Enormities We have sinned against great Light and great Love discovered to us in the Gospel of thy Son. Our Sins we confess have been so out of measure sinful that should'st Thou deal with us as we have deserved or measure out unto us a Vial of Wrath proportionable to the Ephah of our Iniquities it might in a drowning measure and manner fall upon us But with Thee O Lord is Mercy that Thou may'st be feared and therefore is it that we are once more humbly bold to offer our Persons and our Devotions to the Throne of Grace beseeching Thee for thy Mercy 's sake and for the Merit 's sake of thy dear Son and our Blessed Saviour in Mercy to look upon us to open our Eyes and make us sensible of our Sins to open our Hearts and make us sorrowful for our Sins to work in us a Repentance never to be repented of to subdue and mortifie in us all our Lusts and lustful Inclinations all our corrupt Thoughts and Imaginations And instead thereof to implant in us Principles of Holiness and true Righteousness Give us a lively Faith in thy Son a sincere and entire Obedience to thy Will a profound Humility and unwearied Patience under thy Hand and an holy Contentedness with every Estate and Condition wherein Thou shalt please to place us Justifie we pray Thee our Persons and sanctifie our Natures Wash us throughout in Soul and Body and Spirit that so both our Persons and our Performances may now and evermore be acceptable in thy Presence O Lord our Strength and our Redeemer With us we pray Thee be mindful of all Thine Bless thy Universal Church and every Member thereof particularly these Churches of England Scotland and Ireland And herein in a particular manner let the choicest of thy Blessings rest upon the Head and Heart of thy Servant but our dread Soveraign JAMES by thy Grace and especial Providence of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith in all Causes and over all Persons as well Sacred as Civil in these his Realms and in all other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries Supreme Moderator and Governour As Thou hast done Great things for Him so we pray Thee do Great things by Him In Him give unto us the Blessings of Government and in Him fulfil amongst us the Ends of Government Bless Him and Us in the Safety and Preservation of his Royal Person and in the Health and Happiness of his Royal Relations In particular Bless Him and Us in blessing his Royal Consort and our Gracious Queen MARY make her a joyful Mother of Children and happy in them And in Blessing be pleased to bless Katherine the Queen Dowager their Royal Highnesses Mary Princess of Orange the Princess Anne of Denmark and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit enrich them with thy Heavenly Grace prosper them with all Happiness and bring them at last though late to thine Everlasting Kingdom Bless Him and Us in blessing the Ministers of thy Holy Word and Sacraments as well Arch-Bishops and Bishops as other Pastors and Curates Bless the Lords and the rest of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council Bless all the Nobility Gentry Judges Magistrates and Commonalty of the Realm Bless them all from the Highest to the Lowest with Religious Hearts towards Thee their God Loyal Hearts towards their Soveraign and Loving and Charitable Hearts one towards another And now O Lord we pray Thee for a Blessing upon Us even Us who are here before Thee at this time Bless Us in our Persons in our Off-spring in our Servants in our Relations in our Acquaintance in our Habitations and in all our Lawful Actions Thus far this Prayer may be used both Morning and Evening and the Morning Prayer may be continued thus LET thy good Hand of Providence be over us this Day for Good Let it preserve and defend us from all Dangers both of Soul and Body We are now going to Converse with a subtil and sinful World be Thou pleased to fortify our Minds against both the Allurements and Contagion thereof Let neither our own in-bred Lusts and Corruptions betray us nor the Power of Sathan nor Policy of the World prevail upon us to swerve from the ways of thy Commandments Be pleased O Lord to go in and out with us in all our Undertakings and to bless and prosper us therein Imprint upon our Minds such a warm and vigorous Sense of thy Divine Providence over us as may engage us always to walk in thy Ways and oblige us to study nothing more than how to serve and please Thee all our Days Nor are we mindful of our selves alone but of all those also who are in worse Condition than our selves who are any ways afflicted or distressed in Mind Body or Estate especially those who either desire or stand in need of our Prayers Let it please Thee to comfort and relieve them