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When the Minister is saying the Offertory, use this Meditation at thy offering thy Alms.
O Almighty God, what I offer is but what thou lentest me here for a time, and what I now give to my poor Brethren, thou hast promised to repay it, but I have receiv∣ed more at thy all-merciful hands, than my heart and tongue can ever express; O that I could have given ten thousand Talents, in∣stead of this poor mite, my charity thou hast no need of, but for as much as I have done it to my poor Brethren (whose souls thou hast redeemed with thy most precious Blood,) thou ownest it to be done to thy self; O what can I give thee O Lord, or render unto thee for all the Eàrthly comforts and benefits I have received from thee: I can give thee no∣thing but what is thy own, and no Earthly thing can bear proportion with thy Majesty; therefore in all humility I resign my soul up into thy hands, who art my faithful Crea∣tor, and who sent thy Son to save me a lost sinner, to whom be all praise honor and glo∣ry, now and for ever. Amen.
Then say after the Minister, the Prayer for the whole state of Christ's Church mili∣tant here on Earth, and be very attentive to the exhortation which follows, beginning with these words. Dearly beloved in the Lord.
Then hearken diligently to the invitation,