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The Companion for the Altar.
Ejaculations and a short Prayer when the Communion Service is ended.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Luke ii. 29.
Now, O LORD, refreshed with this heavenly banquet of thy Son's institution, I have sealed my repentance, and flee unto thee for pardon for all those imperfections that have accompanied me at this time, in my attendance at thy altar, forgive the deadness and dulness of my affections, the wanderings of my thoughts, and distractions of my mind; let the sincerity of my holy purposes and resolutions be accepted, notwithstanding my weakness and frailty.
Oh! let this commemoration of my cracified Saviour influence all my thoughts, words, and actions, that my conversation may be as becometh the Gospel of Christ. Reward me not according to my deserts, but according to my great necessities, and thine own rich mercies in Jesus Christ; to whom, with thee, O GoD the Father, and GoD the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
DIRECTIONS.
Now arising, depart reverently from the Lord's table with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance: preserve good thoughts in your mind; behave with gravity, yet be not sullen nor morose; for a Christian's behaviour should not be without innocent alacrity nor cheerfulness.