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." Thus sing, thus feast, thus live the angels! Thus, my soul, will I continue singing to my God, till I am from hence translated to a more intense enjoyment of his divine presence, in the kingdom of praise and endless hallelujahs.

THE PRAYER.

O Jesu! my crucified Redeemer, I am now come from partaking of his love, in the celebration of the highest instance of it, thy death upon the cross. I am now come from thy table, to pour out the earnest desires of my

soul in private; and that my prayer may be acceptable in thy sight, I beg in thine own name, and for the sake of thy precious blood, that blood which my thirsty soul has now been drinking my desire, O God, is, that I may be ever mindful of what I have now being doing, and remember, that I have here given up myself to thy service; that I have ratified my baptismal vow, and renewed my solemn oath, to renounce the pomps and vanities of this wicked world; and that, if I should hereafter live in any wilful sin, it would be to account this blood of the covenant an unholy thing. I have now seen thy dreadful passion; I beseech thee, therefore, touch my heart with so deep a sense of thy sufferings upon the cross, that I may

not, by any wilful transgressions, barbarously crucify thee again, and tear open thy smarting wounds, and make them bleed afresh. O my Lord, how rich are the delicacies of thy table! How sweet is this bread of life with which thou hast now satisfied my hungry soul! "Lord, evermore give me this bread." Had I before known the delights of this divine banquet, I had not been so great a stranger there, nor stood so long to dispute thy invitation. But with thy leave and assistance, I shall hereafter be thy constant guest; and instead of making excuses, humbly sue for an admission to these sacred viands, which are of such advantage and unconceivable delight to my ravished soul. And since now I am wholly thine by

this solemn resignation of myself, do thou mercifully accept the offer, and so direct the whole course of my life, that I may at length enjoy for ever thy divine presence, there to understand this great mystery of thy body and blood, and celebrate the marriage-supper of the Lamb with an angelic fervour and devotion. Amen.

THE SUFFERINGS OF HELL.

Descend, O my soul! into the chambers of eternal death: go and visit for a while the tormented spirits in the burning lake: ransack all the corners of that sulphureous kingdom, and survey the miseries of the damned

there.

O God, what do I see? My affrighted soul starts at yonder sight of terror and amazement! Is not that the rich glutton who despised the beggar? Surely it must be he! see there he lies weltering in floods of fire and boiling brimstone ! How does he gasp for a drop, a single drop of water to cool his parched tongue! See how his scalded eyes look up for pity, and his scorching tongue would fain roar out its hideous cries for help, or the least refreshment! Lord, wilt thou not look down in mercy on the burning wretch? Are not such insufferable torments as these too great a punishment for the highest crimes ? O let me live like begging Lazarus in in the world; nay, let me live in perpetual misery; and may my whole