17. And he took the Cup, and gave Thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among your selves.
HOW thankful is our Great Mediator for every Mercy he received from his Everlasting Father! Yet how ungrateful hast thou been, O my Soul, to thy mighty Benefactor! What Mercies hast thou received at his Hands, and what strange Returns hast thou made for them! Thy God hath been kind to thee, and thou hast been base and unworthy. How hast thou fed on his Blessings, and ascribed them to thy Wisdom and In∣dustry! How hast thou lived upon his Charity, and spurned at his Laws! Foolish Creature, Dost thou thus reward the Lord thy God? Thou shouldest not eat a bit, but send some Thanksgiving-Ejaculations to Hea∣ven; yet thou contentest thy self with a careless Grace, and never thinkest more afterward of God. How little dost thou mind the Providences that are sent upon thee! And while thou considerest not the Operations of God's Hands, how canst thou be thankful?