The psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalme : whereunto is added Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.

III.

O Lord God, who hast made all things of nought, producing great degrees of es∣sence out of nothing, make me a new creature, and of a sinfull man, make me holy, and just, and mercifull; that I may receive thy preci∣ous Body, devoutly, reverently, with meek∣nesse, contrition, and great affection, with spirituall comfort and gladnesse at thy mysti∣call presence. Feed my soul with Bread from Heaven, fill me with charity, conform me to thy will in all things, save me from all dan∣gers bodily and ghostly, assist and guide me in all doubts and fears, prepare and strengthen me against all surreptions and sudden incursion of temptations, cleanse me from all stains of sin, and suffer nothing to abide in me but thy self only, who art the Life of souls, the Food of the Elect, and the joy of Angels. Give me such a gust and an holy relish in this Divine nutriment, that nothing may ever hereafter please me but what savours of thee and thy miraculous sweetnesse. Teach me to loath all the pleasures and beauties of this life, and let my soul be so inebriated with the pleasures of thy Table, that I may be comprehended and swallowed up with thy love and sweetnesse: let me think nothing but thee, covet nothing but thee, enjoy nothing but thee, nothing

in comparison with thee, and neither doe not possesse any thing but what leads to thee, and is in order to the performance of thy will and the fruition of thy glories. Transfixe my soul, O blessed Jesu, with so great love to thee, so great devotion in receiving the holy Sacrament, that I may be transformed to the Fellowship of thy sufferings, and admitted to a participation of all the benefits of thy Passi∣on, and to a communion of thy graces and thy glories. I desire to be with thee, dissolve all the chains of my sin, and then come Lord Jesus, come quickly. Let my soul feed on thee greedily, for thou art the spring of light and life, the Fountain of wisdome and health, a torrent of divine pleasure and tranquillity, the Author of peace and comfort: enter into me, sweet Jesu, take thou possession of my soul, and be thou Lord over me and all my faculties, and preserve me with great mercy and tender∣nesse, that no doubting or infidelity, no impe∣nitence or remanent affection to a sin, no im∣purity or irreverence may make me unworthy and uncapable of thy glorious approach. Let not my sins crucifie the Lord of life again, let it not be said concerning me, The hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the Table: that this holy Communion may not be unto me an occasion of death, but a blessed peace-offering for my sins, and a gate of life and

glory. Grant this, O blessed God, for his sake who is both Sacrifice and Priest, the Master of the Feast, and the Feast it self, even Jesus Christ, to whom with thee, O Father, and the holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen.