Matt. xxvi. 35.

-Peter said, though I should die with Thee, yet will I not deny Thee.

Preserve me, gracious Lord, from a presumptuous Opinion, and Dependance on my own Strength, without the Aids of thy Grace: Let me see, in this sad Instance, my Weakness without thy Assistance, and my Ruin without thy Help.

Luke xxii. 61, 62. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the Words of Christ ;-and went out, and wept bitterly.

O Jesus, look upon me with the same Eye of Compassion, wheneve I shall do amiss, that I may see my Fault, and forthwith return to my Duty:-Let this Instance of thy Mercy be our Comfort, since so great and repeated a Crime did not exclude this Penitent from thy Mercy; but let not this make us fearless of offending Thee, lest we never repent.

Luke xxii. 3, 4, 5. Then entered Satan into Judas, and he communed with the Chief Priests, how he might betray him unto them: And they covenanted to give him Money, &c.

If I should provoke Thee, O God, by resisting thy Holy Spirit, to leave me to my own natural Corruption and to the Power of Satan, I see in this wretched Man what Wickedness I am capable of.- -Lord

God abandon me not to my own Choices. Shut my Heart against that Covetousness, which was the Root of so great a Sin. Keep me from presumptuous Sins, lest they get the Dominion over me; and secure me under the Conduct of thy Holy Spirit, for Jesus Christ's Sake.

Deut xvi. 16, 17. They shall not appear before the Lord empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the Blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given Thee.

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Shall I appear before Thee, O God, worse than a Jew?Can I give any Thing to thy Poor, but what I have received from Thee! How can I say that I love Thee much, if I give sparingly to them, whom thou hast appointed in thy Place to receive our Alms? Give me an Heart, O God, to give according to thy Blessing upon me, and as I expect thy Blessing upon myself and Substance.

1 Pet. iv. 10. As every Man hath re

ceived the Gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good Stewards.

O God, thou hast taught us, that we are all but thy Stewards: Keep me, I beseech Thee, from that great Injustice of defrauding thy Poor of their Right:-Give me Grace to moderate all my vain Desires and Expences, that I may have to give to them that need ;- -and that the Measure of thy Blessings to me may be the Measure of my Charity to others.

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THAT you may profit by the following Assistance, be advised to read the Communion Service, with the Directions and Meditations, some Time before you go to the Sacrament, that you may attend to every Part of the Public Service without Distraction.

Whenever you have Time for your private Devotions, let them be so secret that no body may be disturbed by you.

And if, instead of repeating the Prayers, and other Parts of the Service, after the Minister, as the Manner of too many is, to the Disturbance of such as are near them; if, instead of

doing so, you would secretly say, AMEN, at the End of every Petition, you will find this the very best Way to keep your Mind intent upon your Devotions.

If any Person, who is ordained to administer this Sacrament, shall think fit to cast his Eye upon this Book, I would beseech him to consider seriously, how many Communicants there are, who have no ordinary Way of coming to the Knowledge of this great Duty, or other Help to their Devotion, besides what the Church has provided for them in this Office = That therefore, in Compassion to such, this Service ought to be performed with the greatest Deliberation as well as Devotion, that the Unlearned, who are generally the greatest Number may be edified as well as instructed.

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