shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again .

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Prayer for the grace of Charity.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, Who hast abundantly manifested Thy love towards us in sending Thy Son to be the propitiation for our sins, and hast commanded us to be followers of Thee, as dear children, in being merciful as Thou our Heavenly Father art merciful; and to walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us; grant me Thy grace, I beseech Thee, that I may seriously lay to heart the indispensable obligations I lie under to the practice of a duty, so powerfully recommended, and so strictly enjoined in Thy holy word.

I do now more particularly pray for that most excellent gift of charity, as it is a necessary disposition to my worthily receiving that

d Luke vi. 36-38.

Matt. v. 23, 24.

holy sacrament, which was instituted by our blessed Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, as well to be a means of engaging all His disciples to love one another, as to be a standing memorial and visible pledge of His love to us.

Grant, therefore, O gracious Lord, that I may carefully put away from me all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evilspeaking, with all malice; and that I may also put on, as becomes the elect of God, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and long-suffering; that I may love with a sincere and cordial affection; and be always ready to do good, and glad to communicate; and as much as in me lies, promote the present and future happiness of all men, and especially of them that are of the household of faith.

O let the peace of God rule in my heart, and dispose me evermore to follow after the things that make for peace, and things wherewith I may edify others. Lord, give me grace to love even mine enemies, to do good to them that hate me, to bless them that curse me, and to pray for them that despitefully use me, that so I may be indeed Thy child, Who art kind to the unthankful and to the evil, and a true disciple of my blessed Saviour, Who died for His enemies, and prayed for His persecutors even

when He was suffering the most bitter effects of their malice and cruelty. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of the Same my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, Thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

4. Lively faith in God's mercy through Christ; intending thereby not only that whatever God has promised to penitent sinners through Christ shall be effectually made good to them, but also an assured persuasion that, if we come duly prepared to this Holy Sacrament, the general promises of God in Scripture, concerning His pardoning mercy and grace, shall be immediately applied and made good to our persons in particular.

THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners f.

And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses .

To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His Name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. He that believeth

f 1 Tim. i. 15.

* Acts xiii. 39

hActs x. 43.

on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him'.

He

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the Name of the Son of God.

Who, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God'.

For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified ".

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Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full

'John iii. 35, 36. J Heb. x, 12.

* 1 John v. 10-13.

in Ibid. 14.

assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water ".

Jesus said, come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest".

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst°.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life ".

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

He that eateth of this bread shall live for ever '.

As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me'.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you '. Lord, evermore give us this bread ".