During the communion, there fhall or may be devoutly fung, a pfalm, or fome chapter read, in remembrance of the death of Chrift, as the 53d chap. of Ifaiah, the 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, chapters of John, or the like. S After the COMMUNION, Beloved in the Lord, fince the Lord hath now fed our fouls at his table, let us therefore jointly praise his holy name with thanksgiving, and every one fay in his heart, thus: Blefs the Lord, O my foul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy difeafes. Who redeemeth thy life from deftruction, who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. The Lord is merciful and gracious, flow to anger and plenteous in mercy, He hath not dealt with us after our fins, nor rewardeth us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, fo great is his mercy towards them that fear him. As far as the eaft is from the weft, fo far hath he removed our tranfgreffions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, fo the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Who hath not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, and given us all things with him. Therefore God commendeth therewith his love towards us, in that while we were yet finners, Chrift died for us; much more then, being now juftified by his blood, we fhall be faved from wrath through him; for if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled, we fhall be faved by his life. Therefore fhall my mouth and heart fhew forth the praise of the Lord from this time forth for evermore, AMEN, Let every one fay with an attentive heart, Almighty, merciful God and Father, we render thee moft humble and hearty thanks, that thou haft, of thy infinite mercy, given us thine only begotten Son, for a Mediator and a facrifice for our fins, and to be our meat and drink unto life eternal, and that thou giveft us a lively faith, whereby we are made partakers of fuch of thy benefits-thou haft alfo been pleafed, that thy beloved Son Jefus Chrift should inftitute and ordain his holy Supper for the confirmation of the fame; grant, we beseech thee, O faithful God and Father, that through the operation of thy holy Spirit, the commemoration of the death of our Lord Jefus Chrift, may tend to the daily increase of our faith, and faving fellowship with him, through Jefus Chrift thy Son, in whofe name we conclude our prayers, faying, OUR FATHER, &c. The end of the Adminißration of the Lord's Supper. Copy Right Secured according to Law. TO THE REV. DR. JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, s. s. T. P. WITH WHOSE FRIENDSHIP AND AFFECTION I HAVE BEEN HONOURED, NOT ONLY SINCE MY BEING CALLED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SACRED MINISTRY, BUT FROM MY EARLIEST YOUTH; TO THE REV. JOHN B. JOHNSON, LATE A BELOVED COLLEAGUE, WHOSE FAITHFULNESS, ON ALL OCCASIONS MANIFESTED, HAS MADE AN IMPRESSION ON MY MIND WHICH CAN NEVER BE EFFACED; TO THE REVEREND SYNODS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA; AND TO ALL WHO LOVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN SIN CERITY AND TRUTH: THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATION OF THE PRACTICAL WRITINGS OF THE LATE REV. PETRUS IMMENS, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THE TRANSLATOR. Albany, 08. 25, 1802. RECOMMENDATIONS. Chefs of Albany, Jan. 18th, 1798. WHEREAS the Rev. JOHN BASSETT has been a confiderable time esgaged in the tranflation of a work, called The Pious Communicant," in a high degree practical, and calculated to afford instruction and convey comfort to Christians of every denomination; therefore, Refolved, That the faid work merits the attention of all ferious perfons, and is hereby recommended to the churches under our immediate care, and to all who bear the Chriftian name. Extract from the minutes, J. B. JOHNSON, Secretary. THE practical work of the Rev. Peter Immens upon the Lord's Supper, is fo well adapted to the inftruction and confolation of real Chriftians, that an attempt to render it of general use by an English translation, deferves the encouragement of serious perfons of every denomination. It is hoped, therefore, that the labour of the Rev. JoHN BASSETT for this purpose, will be cordially received and encouraged by the public. Schenectady, Jan. 27th, 1798. JOHN B. SMITH, Pref. of Union College. THE Subscriber having for many years been acquainted with the book, entitled "The Pious Communicant," written by the learned and pious Mr. Immens, Minifter of the Gospel at Middleburgh, the chief city of the Province of Zealand, in Holland, recommends it as a work, which is highly efteemed by all that fear the Lord, and which has, under the divine bleffing, proved beneficial to many precious fouls, by exhibiting to their view the grace of God, as abounding to the chief of finners-and by displaying the all-fufficiency of the Saviour, in the commencement, progrefs, and completion of the life of faith. The fubfcriber expreffes his gratitude to the great King of Zion, for having inclined the heart of his esteemed friend to tranflate, for the use of the Churches of Chrift in America, the above excellent performance,-and flatters himself, that every friend of religion will encourage the publication thereof. Albany, Feb. 1ft, 1798. PETRUS VAN VLIERDEN, Minister of the Gospel at Sagerties. In Syned, Nov. 12, 1801. THE Rev. Mr. Baffett having informed Synod, that he had completed a translation of Immens's Pious Communicant; the Synod expreffed their warmest approbation of the undertaking; rejoiced that a work so justly celebrated for its masterly execution, and the vein of piety which pervades it, may now be read in the English Language; and refolved to patronize its publication. NICHOLAS LANSING, p. t. præses. P. STRYKER, Clk. p. t. The binder is requefied to place this leaf next to the title-page of Vol. I. . |