Refp. This, O my Soul, is the Paffover thy Lord fo earnestly deftred to eat befor bis fuffering: this is the Lamb that was flain from the beginning, and dayly Shall be offer'd to the end of the World, *O Dear Memorial of our Saviour's love to us! O powerful Attractive of ours to Him! No more will He now entertain us with types and figures, but really feed us with his very Self; preparing our appetite with bis Heavenly Antipat, for that new and glorious and eternal Feast in the Kingdom of his Father. * Deat Memorial.

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Verily, verily, I fay to you, The fervant is not greater then his Lord,nor he that is fent greater then he that fent him. If you know these things, happy. are you if you do them. I fpeak not of you all; I know whom I have chofen: but, that the Scripture may be fulfill'd, He that eats bread with me thall lift up his heel against me. Now I tell you be fore it come that when it comes to pals you may believe that I am He. Verily, verily, I fay to you, He that receives whomever I fhall fend, receives Me; and

fie that receives Me, receives Him that fent Me. When JESUS had faid these things, He was troubled in fpirit; and He protefted and said, Verily, verily I fay to you, One of you, who eats with Me, fhall betray Me. Then the Difciples Jookt one on another, doubting of whom He fpake: and being exceeding forrowfull, they began every of them one to say to Him, one by one Lord is it I? And He anfwering faid to them, one of the twelve that dips his hand with Me in the difh, he fhall betray Me. The Son of Man indeed goes as it is written of Him: but, wo to that man by whom the Son of Man fhall be betrayed, it had been good for him if he had never been born. Then Judas. (who betrayed Him) answer'd and faid, Maker, is it I? He faid to him, Thou haft faid.

Refp. And is it poffible at this very time to plot the death of thy Mafter, when He was just a doing for thee and all the World the most strange endearing action that an infinite Wisdom could divife? *God can draw good out of evil; but, wo to that man by whom theevil comes. Never, O my Lord, let me prefume on RS

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my own Arength; never let me difpair of Thy grace: but, with a prudent fear fufpect my felf, and with an humble con fidence rely on Thee. God can

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And they began to inquire among themfelves, which of them it was that fhould do this thing. Now, there was leaning on JESUS's bofom one of his Difciples whom JESUS lovd. SimonPeter, therefore, beckned to Him, and faid to Him, who is it of whom He fpeaks? He then, leaning on JESUS's breft, fays to Him, Lord, who is it? JESUS anfwered, He it is to whom I fhall give a fop when have dipt it And, when He had dipt the Top, He gave it to Judas Iscariot. And, after the Sop, Satan enter'd into him. Then faid JESUS to him, That thou dost do quickly. Now, no man at the Table knew for what intent He fpake this to him, For, fome of them thought, becaufe Judas had the bag, that JESUS had faid to him, Buy thofe things we have need against the Feaft; or that he should give fomthing to the poor. He then having received the fop, went immediatly our:

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and it was night. When therefore he was gone out, JESUS faid, Now is the Son of Man glorifi'd, and God is glo rifi'd in Him. If God be glorifi'd in Him, God also will glorify Him in Himfelf, and will immediatly glorify Him. And, when they had faid an Hymn, they went forth.

Refp. So let the incorrigible finner depart, & be banisht from the company of the Juft: fo let him go to his own dark place, that has made himself unworthy the light. * Be Thou for ever glorifi'd by us O So of God! and may thy eternal Father be for ever glorifi'd in Thee. This is thy glory, O Holy JESU! that the Souls Thou hast redeem'd be brought to falva tion: This is Thy Father's glory, that the Creatures He has made be improv d to perfection. * Be Thou

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And there fell a contention among them, which of them feem'd to be the greater. And He faid to them, The Kings of the Gentiles exercife Lordship over them, & they that have power over them are call'd beneficnt. But you not fo But he that is the greater among you

let him become as the lefs, and he that is cheif, as he that ferves. For, whether is great, he that fits at the table, or he that minifters? Is not he that fits? But I am in the midst of you,as he that ministers. You are they who have continued with Me in my temptations: and I dispose to you a Kingdom, as my Father has difpos'd to Me; that you may eat and drink upon my table in my Kingdom, and fit on Thrones judging the twelve Tribes of Ifrael.

Refp. Thus, while we live we are never fafe and therefore while we live we Should never be secure: if we aspire to honour, we know 'tis vain, if we affect authority, we know 'tis troublefom. +0 may the holy ambition of being high in Heaven extinguish all esteem of these low things here. By the grace of our God we bave so far refifted, by the grace of our God we have fo long perfevered: let us not now for fame foolish paffion forfeit our Throne in the Kingdom of Glory *O may

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Then faid our Lord, Simon, Simon, Behold Satan has defir'd to have you,

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