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I had unrigteously committed from the hour
of my birth to the present moment, vewing my
whole life past as one continued act of sin &
rebellion against the Lord, & against His Christ.
I did not presume to come to this thy ta-
ble, O merciful Lord, trusting in my own righ-
teousness, but in thy manifold & great mercies.
I was conscious that I saw not worthy to gather
up the crumbs under thy table, & could there-
fore from my heart pray that knowledge
grant me so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son, Jesus
Christ, & to drink his blood that my sinful body
may be made clean by his body & my soul
washed thro' His most precious blood: & that
I may evermore dwell in him & he in me.
Surely it will not be presumption in me
to say, that I received a broken & bleeding Saviour
with a broken & contrite heart. If my poor heart was
pierced thro' with many sorrows at the sight of my
deplorable condition by nature, it was also much
comforted & rejoiced with a joy unspeakable &
full of glory, in being enabled with a humbling
hand to lay <add>hold</add> of a Saviour, to view his wound
as inflicted on my account, to see His most pre-
cious hearts blood flowing to the last drop, for me!