did, who may also read the prayer which is at the end of every section, so distinctly as that you may be able to repeat in heart, if not in voice, after him, and conclude it by saying sincerely, Amen.

And when you have proceeded to the end of the third section, either by yourself or your friend who will read to you, and have offered up the prayer which follows it, I advise you to put to yourself the questions which you will find in the Third Visit of this book in pages 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47. Consider yourself then as in the presence of God Almighty, who knows the very secrets of your heart; and when your conscience shall accuse you of having transgressed in either of these particulars, either by thought, word, or deed, you will do well, as is there recommended, to say, "God be merciful unto me, for I have offended in this thing."

And when you have thus examined yourself, and confessed your sins unto God, in the best manner you can, (and God expects no more from you) say, with all the attention you can command, the

Prayer for Pardon of Sins" in the 117th page; or, if you have been a notorious sinner, that which is directed to be used by such in the 119th page.

After

After this I would have you read, or get your friend to read to you, the remaining sections of the "Introduction to the Lord's Supper," concluding each sec tion with the prayer at the end of it.

When you have done this, you will, I trust, be able to say from your heart, which God alone can discern, that you truly repent of all your sins,-that you steadfastly purpose to lead a new, that is, a christian life,-that you have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ,that you have a thankful remembrance of the death of Christ,-and that you are in charity with all men. These are the qualifications which our Church requires in those who intend to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; which, if you have them, you may receive with comfort, and I shall not scruple to administer to you, after you have answered, to my satisfaction, some questions concerning the Sacrament, namely, what is required of those who are to receive it, and whether you are qualified in the manner our Church requires you should be.

And now, Brother, I will again leave you for a while to God, and to your own conscience; beseeching him to discover to you the charge that is against you; that you may know and confess your sins to

God

God with all their heinous aggravations, and bewail and abhor the errors of your past life; that your sins may be done away, and your pardon sealed in heaven, Before you go hence and be no more

seen *.

But before I leave your chamber, I request you, and those who are present, to join with me in prayer.

¶ Here all kneeling down, the Minister may say,

Remember not, Lord, our iniquities, &c. to the end of the prayer. Hear us, Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour, &c. as in pages 8, 9, 10. And then the Prayer for a Sick Person, who intends to receive the Sacrament, as in page 85. O thou infinite and eternal Spirit, &c. concluding with the prayers that follow it, O Saviour of the world. &c.

The Almighty Lord, who, &c.

Unto God's gracious mercy, &c.

Bishop Wilson's Parochialia, page 184.

THE END OF THE VISIT.

A VISIT

A VISIT

After the Sick Person has complied with what was recommended in the last, or former Visit.

After the usual salutation,

Peace be to this House, and to all that dwell in it, the Minister may begin thus:

In my last Visit, or

In a former Visit, my Christian -Brother, I desired that you would read, or get some friend to read to you, the "Short Introduction to the Lord's Supper," which I had at different times read to you myself. This I hope you have done as attentively as you could, and that you did also devoutly make use of the prayer which you found at the end of every section, and that you have examined your conscience, to find out what sins you had committed in thought, word, or deed, against God, your neighbour, and yourself; and that you have confessed the same to God: that you have prayed for pardon and forgiveness; and are firmly resolved, by God's grace, to forsake them for the time to come; and to lead a new, that is,

a Christian life, if it should please God to restore you to your health.

Here if the Minister should find that the Sick Person has complied with what he recommended, as well as his disorder would permit him to do, he nay proceed in some such manner as the following:

You are now, I hope, convinced of the obligation which every Christian lies under, to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and that you have grievously sinned against God in having lived so long without performing that duty at all*, which our Saviour commanded us to do, the night before he was crucified, in remembrance of him, and of what he did and suffered for us. Are you so convinced?

If the Sick Person should express such conviction, the Minister may say,

Are you then desirous of receiving this Holy Sacrament on your Sick Bed? And are you resolved to continue in the practice of receiving it, should it please God to restore you to your former health?

* Or more frequently; as the case may be.