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PREFACE,.
CONTENTS.
Page
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PART FIRST.
Discourse explanatory of the Christian Sacraments.
Ceremonies or Rites, that is, Symbolical or Figurative Actions,. 27
Meaning of the Ceremony, or fundamental Idea on which it is
founded,.........
58
Symbolical Character of the Ceremony,..
Sacramental Character of the Ceremony,..
64
72
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79
Character of the Solemnity as a Feast of Brotherly Love,....................... 75
Some important General Characteristics of the Ceremony,.............
Obligation of performing the Service, and great Sin of neglect-
ing it,.......
Preparation for the Service,......
82
84
Benefits to be expected from the Service,........................
86
PART SECOND.
Sacramental Catechism on the Plan of the preceding Discourse.
Questions relating to the Institution of the Ceremony,..
Questions illustrative of the fundamental Idea on which the Ce-
95
remony is founded,......
..109
Questions relating to the Symbolical Nature of the Service,......116
Questions illustrative of the Sacramental Character of the Service, 122
Questions illustrative of the Service as a Communion or Love-
PART THIRD.
Devotional Exercises preparatory to Sacramental Communion.
Thanksgiving for Christian Ordinances, especially the more so-
lemn Ordinances,-for Seasons of devout Retirement, and for
Access to the Throne of Grace,........
For the Morning of a Day of Humiliation,.............
For the Evening of a Day of Humiliation,.....................
.143
..151
.167
Exercises of Self-Examination to be used occasionally on Days
preparatory to Communion.
Knowledge, or a just and steady Conception of the Meaning of
..177
the Sacramental Service,.......
Faith, or an Appropriation of the Benefits of the Saviour, and of
his Death to our Individual Cases,.......................
Repentance, or a just and deep Sense of our own Weakness and
Sins,........
..............
.184
..191
Charity, or a Heart divested of all rebellious and distrustful
Thoughts towards God,-and of all revengeful or suspicious
Feelings towards Men,...............................
New Obedience, or a Life conformed in all its Parts to the Will
.198
of God,.........
..204
Prayers for the Sacramental Sabbath.
For the Morning of the Communion Sabbath,......
For the Evening of the Sacramental Sabbath,.
....209
....217
PART FOURTH.
Sacramental Addresses; or the Communion Service as it is cele-
brated in the Presbyterian Churches.
Preliminary Discourse,-Who may come to the Feast?.
.227.