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 and death, which recollection, there is reason to fear, for want of some deeper and more spiritual apprehension of the subject, passes away and perishes, in many cases, with the external celebration of the sacred rile.

To obviate these mischiefs, it has always appeared to me expedient, in treating on the , to insist upon and explain more especially the true nature of that, to excite which was doubtless the great cad of the institution of the sacred ordinance; and in connection with this, and as necessary to give it full and proper effect, it seemed further expedient to explain the true nature of that spiritual food, intended to be conveyed in the divine institution, what and whence it is, the reason why, and the manner how it is to be received, and thus what are the real and eternal qualifications for deriving all possible benefit and blessing from this solemn sacrament.

Such is the outline of what I have attempted to express and explain to you in the public lectures you have already received, and also of what you are to expect to see arranged and further elucidated in the following pages.

That the perusal of these pages may be made instrumental, through the Divine blessing, in exciting and keeping alive the good impressions which may