The following prayer is to be added to the usual
prayer after the sermon:

THE INVOCATION.*

Most gracious God ! we beseech thee, that as
thy Son hath not only once offered up his body
and blood upon the cross for the remission of our
sins, but hath also vouchsafed them unto us, for
our meat and drink unto life eternal: So thou
wilt grant us grace, with sincere hearts and
fervent desires, to accept this great blessing at
his hands. May we by lively faith partake of his
body and blood, yea, of himself, true God and
man, the only bread from heaven, which giveth
life unto our souls. Suffer us no longer to live
unto ourselves, according to a corrupt and sinful
nature ; but may He live in us, and lead us to the
life that is holy, blessed, and unchangeable for



* We shall not specify the many points of resemblance which this
sendee bears with the beautiful form of administering this ordinance
in the Reformed Dutch Liturgy. It will be easy for the reader to
compare them. Nor need we add that we haye here the original, of
which the Dutch form is an arrangement, and in some respects an
improvement. That service, however, has not been improved by
transferring the prayer of Invocation from its place as here given, to
the close of the Exhortation.
