Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1771 Excerpt: ...shou'd destroy thee, there: 43 For as some say, who have the action seen, The adder lays her poison on the green, Before she quenches at the stream her thirst; Lest me shou'd by th' envenom'd potion burst. 44. So cast all anger from thy bosom quite, All envy, rage, malevolence, and spite, Or else, like wild and furious beasts, they will Without distinction their own Keepers kill. 45 If these three virtues, "faith, repentance, love," Adorn thy sous, thou shalt most welcome prove; Thou then may'st go, and be thy master's guest; For Christ himself invites thee to his feast. 46 Think, when thou see'st the Priest divide the bread, And view'st the wine into the chalice shed, Think, how the spear transfix'd thy Saviour's side, And how his heart, pour'd out it's crimson tide! 47 When 47 When bread and wine, just hallow'd at the board, Thou dost receive, receive in thought the Lord, Receive him in thy heart with mind sincere, And fully feast thy soul upon him, there. 48 We masticate him not, (when Christ we eat) Nor turn him down our throats, like common meat; But 'tis by faith, and by a thankful heart Alone, that we in Christ can have a part. 49 Lift up thy mind, and soar above the skies, And look at Christ with supplicating eyes, Reflect what then he did and felt for thee, Whilst sot thy fins he hung upon the tree.' 50 Believe that Christ, when nail'd unto the tree, For thee was sacrificed, and die'd for thee! BeKtSve that he, to buy thy soul, did bleed: 'Tis then! "tis thus, thou eatest Christ indeed! 51 But shou'dst thou ask, what good can thence arise, Or in the sacrament, what profit lies, Shou'dst thou receive it with a Christian mind, True faith, and charity for all mankind? 52 Why Christ to thee, there, absolution gives, And freely all thy su...
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