If we do in good earneſt believe, that ⟨this⟩ Sacrament was inſtituted by our Lord in remembrance of his dying love, we cannot but have ⟨a⟩ very high value and eſteem for it upon that account. Me thinks ſo often as we read the Inſtitution of it, theſe words of our dear Lord, ⟨Do⟩ this in remembrance of me, and conſider what ⟨he⟩ who ſaid them did for us, this dying charge ⟨of⟩ our beſt friend ſhould ſtick with us, and ⟨make⟩ a ſtrong impreſſion upon our minds: ⟨Eſpecially⟩ if we add to theſe, thoſe other words of his, ⟨not⟩ long before his death, Greater love than this ⟨have⟩ no man, that a man lay down his life for his friends; ye are my friends, if ye do whatſoever I command you. It is a wonderful love which he hath expreſſed to us, and worthy to be had in perpetual ⟨remembrance⟩. And all that he expects from ⟨us,⟩ by way of thankful acknowledgment, is to celebrate the remembrance of it by the frequent ⟨participation⟩ of this bleſſed Sacrament. And ⟨ſhal⟩ this charge, laid upon us by him, who laid down his life for us, lay no obligation upon us to ⟨the⟩ ſolemn remembrance of that unparallel'd kindneſs, which is the fountain of ſo many bleſſings and benefits to us? It is a great ſign we ⟨have⟩ no great ſenſe of the benefit, when we are ſo ⟨unmindfull⟩ of our Benefactour, as to forget ⟨him⟩ days without number.
The obligation he hath laid upon us, is ſo ⟨vaſtly⟩ great, not only beyond all requital, but ⟨beyond⟩ all expreſſion; that if he had ⟨commanded⟩ us ſome very grievous thing, we ought with ⟨all⟩ the readineſs and cheerfulneſs in the world ⟨to⟩ have done it; how much more when he ⟨hath⟩ impoſed upon us ſo eaſie a commandment ⟨a⟩ thing of no burthen, but of immenſe ⟨benefit?⟩When