Excerpt from The Altar: Or Meditations in Verse on the Great Christian Sacrifice The Writer perceived that there was no reason why the whole of this system might not be applied with equal propriety and fitness of adaptation to our own Communion Service: such suggestions or associations were in themselves devotional and edi fying; while at the same time, by a similar appro priation in our own Church, it might be rendered quite innocent, and free from any taint of idolatry or superstition; while, moreover, by introducing no ...
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Excerpt from The Altar: Or Meditations in Verse on the Great Christian Sacrifice The Writer perceived that there was no reason why the whole of this system might not be applied with equal propriety and fitness of adaptation to our own Communion Service: such suggestions or associations were in themselves devotional and edi fying; while at the same time, by a similar appro priation in our own Church, it might be rendered quite innocent, and free from any taint of idolatry or superstition; while, moreover, by introducing no Saints but those which we receive in common with ancient Christendom, it seemed to unite us in one beautiful and edifying Service with the Com munion of Saints growing together into one Body as partaking of that One Bread, bound toge ther in mystical union and fellowship, and holding the Head, from which all the Body having nourish ment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of god. (col. Ii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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