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peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have Thou that takest away the mercy upon us. sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then the priest (or bishop, if he be present) shall let them depart with this blessing: The peace of God, which passeth all un

other, and rejoicing in these pledges of the Divine favour. Now every heart is full of joy, and every tongue is ready to bless the Lord for this happy reconciliation. O, let us strive to sing the praises with an angelic spirit, that so they above and we below may make a lovely concord: let all the Lord's redeemed on earth, and all the glorious spirits of heaven, unite their voices, till all the world do resound with his praise, who hath restored peace to us, and shewed such good will unto men. Hosanna in the highest!--Comber.

derstanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be remain with you always.

amongst you, and Amen.

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IT IS FINISHED. Blessed be the mercies of God revealed to us in JESUS CHRIST. O blessed and eternal High Priest, let the sacrifice of the cross, which thou didst once offer for the sins of the whole world, and which thou dost now and always represent in heaven to thy Father by thy never-ceasing intercession, and which this day hath been exhibited on thy holy table sacramentaily, obtain mercy and peace, faith and charity, safety and establishment to thy holy Church, which thou hast founded upon a rock of a holy faith; and let not the gates of hell prevail against her, nor the enemy of mankind take any soul out of thy hand, whom thou hast purchased with thy blood and sanctified by thy Spirit!-BISHOP TAYLOR.

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AFTER COMMUNION.

THE blessed body and blood of CHRIST, received as it ought to be, with a quick and lively faith, will most certainly have its desired effect. But it operates for the most part upon our souls, as our ordinary food doth upon our bodies, insensibly and by degrees. We eat and drink every day; and by that means our bodies grow to their full stature, and are then kept up in life, health, and vigour, though we ourselves know not how this is done, nor perhaps take any notice of it. So it is with this spiritual meat and drink which God hath prepared for our souls. By partaking frequently of it, we grow by degrees in grace, and in "the knowledge of our LORD and Saviour JESUS CHRIST," and still continue stedfast and active in the true faith and fear of GOD, though we may be no way sensible how this wonderful effect is wrought in us, but only as we find it to be so in our own experience. And if we do that, we have no cause to complain that we get nothing by it; for we get more than all the world is worth, being strengthened in the inward man, and so made more fit for the service of GOD, more constant in it, and more able to perform it; or at least are kept from falling back, and preserved from many sins and temptations, which otherwise we might be exposed to; and this surely is enough to make any one that really minds the good of his soul to hun.. ger and thirst after this bread and water of life, and to eat and drink it as often as he can, although he do not presently feel the happy effect of it, as some have done, and as he himself sometimes may, when God seeth it necessary and convenient for him.-BISHOP BEVERIDGE.

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