Eramine thy Self and Repent before thou presume to Eat of that Bread and Drink of that Cnp. Engraved and Printed only for J.Hinton, according to an Act of Parliament. Week's Preparation For a Worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper CHURCH of ENGLAND; Confifting of MEDITATIONS and PRAYERS for the Morning and Evening of every Day in the Week: WITH FORMS of Examination and Confeffion of Sins, AND A Companion at the Altar, Directing the Communicant in his Behaviour and Devotions at the LORDS TABLE ; ALSO MEDITATIONS to enable us to live well after receiving the HOLY SACRAMENT. AMorning & Evening Prayer for the Clofet orFamily.&c. LONDON,Printed by Afsigument from the G EORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom thefe Presents fhall come, Greeting: WHEREAS our Trufty and. Well beloved Edward Wick feed, of our City of London, Bookfeller, hath humbly reprefented to us, That he is now Printing a New Edition (with Improvements) of a Work, Entitled, The NEW Week's Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the LORD'S SUPPER, as recommended and appointed by the Church of England, &c. In two Parts. AND whereas the faid Edward Wicksteed has informed us, that the faid Work has been perfected with great Labour, Study, aud Expence. He has therefore humbly prayed Us to grant to him the faid Edward Wicksteed, Our Royal Privilege, Licence, and AUTHORITY, for the SOLE Printing, Publishing, and Vending the laid Work, in as ample Manner and Form as has ever been done in Cafes of the like Nature. WE being graciously inclined to give all due Encouragement to Works that may be Of Public Ufe and Benefit, and especially to these of this Kind, which fo greatly tend to the Alvancement of Religion, and the genera! Good and Benefit of Mankind, ARE pleased to condefcend to his Requeft, and DO by thefe Prefents (as far as may be agreeable to the Statute in that Cafe made and provided) give and grant to the faid Edward Wickfeed, his Executors, Administrators, and Affigns, full Power, Licence, Privilege, and fole AUTHORITY, for the SOLE Printing, Publishing, and Vending the faid Work, together with all and all manner of Amendments, Corrections, Alterations, and Additions of or to the fame; and Our express Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby ftrictly charge, command, and prohibit all and every Perfon and Perfons whatfoever, within Our Dominions, that they, nor any or either of them, prefume in any manner of wife to reprint, abridge, or extract the fame, or any Part or Parts thereof, either in the like, or in any other Form or Forms, Volume or Volumes whatsoever; OR to import, buy, vend, utter, or diftribute, any Copies thereof, or of any Part or Parts thereof, that are or fhall be printed or reprinted beyond the Seas, without the AUTHORITY, Confent, or Approbation of the faid Edward Wicksteed, his Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, by Writing under his or their Hands and Seals. firft had and obtained, as they and every of them offending herein will incur Our Royal Indignation and Difpleafure, and fuch other Pains and Penalties as by the Laws and Statutes of Our Realms may be inflicted. WHEREOF the Commiffioners and other Officers of our Customs, the Mafter, Wardens, and Company of Stationers of London, and all other Officers, Minifters, and others, whom it may concern, are to take Notice, that a ftrict Obedience be given to Our Pleafure herein signified. Given at Our Court at St. James's, &c. His Majefly's Command. The Preface. AA few inftances of the many lewd and fcandalous expreffions in Keble's Such language fitter for a fenfual lo- Bishop Stilling fleet's teftimony a-A prayer before examination. iii Directions concerning examinati- Many boneft and well-meaning chri- ftians have been thrown into de- idIt has ferved to bring Religion into 4 ridicule and contempt, and to bar-5 ΤΟ 25 The love of God, as taught by Ke- ble's week's preparation, very different from that taught us by Cbrift bimfelf, and by St. John. v A profeffion of godly forrow for The prayers and meditations in this Monday evening. New Week's Preparation are Ejaculations. fuch as can be warranted from A prayer of refignation to the win The duty of frequent communicat- A meditation for the morning. Occafional Prayers. Ejaculations before you leave your Ejaculations when you approach the A prayer on taking phyfic. |