Officium Eucharisticum: A Preparatory Office for the Holy Communion with Suitable Prayers at the Administration Thereof

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James A. Sparks, 1847 - Lord's Supper - 151 pages
 

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Page 8 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Page 6 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God...
Page 130 - O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 6 - I BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible : And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father...
Page 57 - WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that...
Page 6 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son ; Who witli the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified ; Who spake by the Prophets...
Page 147 - DEFEND, O Lord, this thy child [or this thy servant] with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit, more and more, until he come unto thy everlasting kingdom.
Page 7 - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer : 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 142 - God, we most *.*. heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people...
Page 6 - God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who, for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate.

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