your lovely bridegroom will keep his word and his day, he will come and marry you to himself for ever : There. fore ever stand upon the watch-tower, wishfully looking for his appearance ; never slack thy watch, nor let thy expectation cool, till he come and take thee home to himself, and fet you down at the higher table, where he Thall for ever lay afide his vail, and his amiable countenance never more be clouded with frowns; where you shall not have a sacramental but a beatifical vision; where you shall not remember him, but behold him as he is ; where you shall feed on him without signs, and fee him without a vail ; where all your forrows Thall be turned into joys, where, for every reproach you met with in God's service, you shall reap eternal honour; for every hour of sorrow, you shall enjoy endless ages of comfort. « Make haste, my beloved, let the day break and the shadows fly away. Even fo, Lord Jesus, come quickly.” Take me to that place where mysteries shall be turned into revelations, faith into vision, hope into fruition, espousals into embraces, sorrowful sighs into nuptial songs, drops of tears into rivers of pleasures, transient glances into the radiant and direct beams of the fun of righteousness, short tastes into everlasting feasting and fulness. How small are the comforts of the lower table, if compared with these of the higher table? How dark are the discoveries believers have here, if compared with these bright manifestations 2bove? But, because I have insisted on this head form. erly, I shall add no more here upon it ; but with that we may come at length experimentally to know the dif. ference, to our everlasting comfort.. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. Containing Directions how to prepare for a Communion- .. . .Sabbath. :. ..322 352 Direct. 1. Concerning the nature, ends, and uses of the Lord's Supper, and of the work of communi- cating, .. ing, and the fin of neglecting tuis duty, ... 326 347 3:8 - . 364 the world before partaking, . .. 376 our fins, our wants, 393 403 - 4 H . 372 381 396 Direct. IX. Concerning humiliation and mourning for fin before partaking, faith before partaking 440 Advices to young communicants thereanent, 443 Dire&. Xll. Concerning our cleansing hearts and hands, and turning to the Lord, before partaking, 456 Dire&t. XIII. Concerning our meditating upon the death and sufferings ot Christ before partaking, · 459 Direct. XIV. Concerning Prayer, and what we should pray for, before communicating, - 464 Direct. XV. Concerning deniedness to all our pre- ҫНАР. ІІ. 473 475 Containing Directions for the right spending of a Com. munion-Sabbarh, when it is come. day, viewing the sufferings and love of Christ, . And by looking to Christ in all his offices, . 488 Direct. 111. How to get our souls in a suitable frame for approaching to this holy table, : 483 Direct. IV. Concerning our ejaculations by the way, 490 Directions concerning our carriage when ibe time of receiving dotb approach, . • 491 Directions proper for Communicants when they are fit- iing at the Lord's Table. - - 497 Suitable fubje&ts for our meditation while we fit The graces needful, and how they are to be exercis- How to employ our thoughts when we see the sacra- . |