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to your remembrance! How will it grieve you to think, as one by one they pafs before you in review, that each of them added a pang to your Saviour's agony, and formed the bitter ingredients of that cup which he drank! Will not this confideration break your covenant with death, and difannul your agreement with hell? Can you ever again cherish thofe fins in your heart, which not only crucified the Lord of glory upon Mount Calvary, but which even now crucify him afresh, and put him to open shame?

But, Chriftians, I hope better things of you. On this occafion, let me befeech you, by the fufferings of your crucified Redeemer, to break off your iniquities by repentance. Refolve fincerely, by the grace of God, to live no longer in fin. Finally, implore the affiftance of the Divine Spirit, to renew your wills, and purify your fouls. Then may ye rejoice in this the day of your folemnity, and be welcome guests at the table of the Lord. Then shall ye be joyfully invited to the

marriage

marriage-fupper of the Lamb. Then fhall Jefus manifeft himself to you in the breaking of bread. He shall fay unto your fouls, "Be of good cheer, thy fins are forgi"ven thee;" and inspire into you the wellgrounded hope of fitting down with him at his table above, where in his presence ye fhall rejoice for evermore. Which may God grant, and to his name be the praife! Let us pray.

PRAYER.

PRAYER.

"SON of the Moft High! Thou art worthy to take the book of life, and to open the feals thereof; for by thine agony in the garden, and by thy fufferings and death upon the cross, thou haft redeemed us unto God by thy blood. Thou didst tread the wine-prefs alone; thou ftainedft thy garments in blood; thou pouredst out thy foul unto death. But thine But thine agony is now over. Thou haft feen the travail of thy foul, and tafted the joy that was fet before thee! Come now from thy holy hill, glorious in thine apparel, travailing in the greatness of thy ftrength, fpeaking in righteoufnefs, mighty to fave!

"Thou art now afcended on high, and exalted to the right hand of the Father! All greatness is below thee! The principalities of heaven worship thee: the powers of darkness tremble at thy nod: the heavens and the earth are fubject to thy dominion: thou haft the keys of hell and of

death:

death: thou haft all power over the vifible and invifible worlds!

"In obedience to thy commands, we now come to shew forth thy death. Bless us we beseech thee, and manifeft thyself to us in the breaking of bread ! Lord remember us, when thou art now come to thy kingdom and accept of the folemn dedication which we are here this day to make of ourselves unto thee!"

DOM COME.

OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGTHY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL: FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER. AMEN.

PSALM

death's fnares did me prevent.

6 In my diftress I call'd on God, cry to my God did I:

He from his temple heard my voice,

to his ears came my cry.

7 Th'earth, as affrighted, then did shake,
trembling upon it seiz'd;

The hills foundations moved were,
because he was difpleas'd.

FENCING OF THE TABLES*.

CHRISTIANS! We proceed now to the particular and folemn service of this day. An

* What is termed the Fencing of the Tables, is a Difcourfe defigned to point out the Characters of such as are worthy, and fuch as are unworthy to be admitted to fit at them.

Among the Author's manufcripts no form for this purpose could be found. The following is fupplied by one of his friends, that no part of the Sacramental Service might be wanting.