High Church Receptionist piety
And oh! yet more than all, let each of us ask himself how he regards the blessed communion of his Master's Body and Blood? Does he look to it with awe indeed, but with hope and joy unspeakable, knowing that there he shall find the largest portion of the graces of the Spirit, in the assured hope of pardon, in new desires, new affections, new dispositions.
... does not the Church of Christ remind us in that solemn service of the blessed purposes for which it was ordained, and tell us that we who approach with faith to that high communion shall have our bodies made pure by our Lord's body and our soul washed with His most precious blood, that we shall evermore dwell in Him and He in us?
Sermon I
Once again, ere he departs, he desires to partake of that high communion of his Saviour's body and blood, which has been his best comfort and best strength below, and there indeed he feels God manifesting Himself to his soul, renewing all His promises, now near at hand to be fulfilled, strengthening him against the hour of death, and freeing him from the fear of judgment.
Sermon VII
(laudable Practice will be taking a short break, returning on 29th August.)
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