kingdom, and talk of thy power to make known to the sons of men thy mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion is through all generations. The elders and saints Rev. iv. 8, 11. about thy throne rest not day nor night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. They sing unto Rev. xv. 3, 4. thee the song of Moses and of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy judgments are made manifest. Worthy Rev. v. 12, 13. is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory. For thou hast redeemed us to 9, 10. God by thy blood, and made us kings and priests to God.

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The Fourth Part.

Psal. cvii. 8, O THAT men would praise the Lord for 21, 22. his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works Psal. xcvi. 2. with rejoicing. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day Psal. xxix. 2. to day. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him all the earth. Let Psal. xcvi. 9, the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Ps. ciii.20,21,22. Bless the Lord, ye his angels that excel in strength; that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. Bless the Lord all his works, in all places of his dominions. Bless the Lord, O my soul: my mouth Psal. cxlv. 21. shall speak the praises of the Lord; and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Psal. cl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

The Order of Celebrating the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ.

This, or the like explication of the nature, use, and benefits of this Sacrament, may be used at the discretion of the Minister, when he seeth it needful to the instruction of the communicants.

THAT you may discern the Lord's body, and understand the nature, use, and benefits of this Sacrament, you must know that God created man in his own image, to know, and love, and serve his Maker. That man fell under the guilt of sin, and condemnation, and left his holy fitness for the work for which he was created. That hereupon the wonderful love and wisdom of God provided us a remedy in our Redeemer, to the end he might not lose the glory of his creation: that he might pardon and save us upon terms securing the honour of his justice, and attaining the ends of his law and government; and recover us to his love and service, by appearing to the world in the greatest demonstrations of goodness, love, and mercy. By the greatest miracle of condescension, he first promised, and then gave, his only Son, the eternal Word, to take man's nature into personal union with his God

head; that, being God and man, he might be a fit Mediator between God and man, to restore us and reconcile us to himself. Thus Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary, became the second Adam, the Physician and Saviour of undone sinners, the Captain of our salvation, to be the glorious King and Head of all that are sanctified and saved. He revealed the holiness, the goodness, and the love of God, by the perfect holiness, the goodness, and love, of his blessed person, doctrine, and conversation; and by suffering for us all the afflictions of this life, and at last the cursed death of the cross, as a sacrifice and ransom for us. That all this might be effectual to our recovery, he made for us a new and better covenant, and preached it himself, undertaking the pardon, justification, and sanctification of all that by unfeigned faith do take him for their Saviour, repenting of their sins, and consenting to be sanctified by his word and Spirit; (by which also he inviteth and draweth men to himself, and giveth them to believe.) Into this blessed, pardoning, saving covenant we are first solemnly entered by baptism. And when Christ was ready to leave the world, and to give up himself a sacrifice for us, and intercede and exercise

the fulness of his kingly power, as the Church's Head, and by his grace to draw men to himself, and prepare them for his glory; he did himself institute this Sacrament of his body and blood at his last supper, to be a continued representation and remembrance of his death, and therein of his own and his Father's love, until his coming: appointing his ministers, by the preaching of the Gospel, and administration of these sacraments, to be his agents without, and his Spirit within effectually to communicate his grace.

[The Lord's Supper, then, is an holy Sacrament, instituted by Christ: wherein bread and wine, being first by consecration made sacramentally, or representatively, the body and blood of Christ, are used by breaking and pouring out to represent and commemorate the sacrifice of Christ's body and blood upon the cross once offered up to God for sin; and are given in the name of Christ unto the Church, to signify and solemnize the renewal of his holy covenant with them, and the giving of himself unto them, to expiate their sins by his sacrifice, and sanctify them further by his Spirit, and confirm their right to everlasting life. And they are received, eaten, and drunk by the Church, to pro