 | Thomas Sheridan - 1834 - 214 pages
...Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory'" Glory be to thee' 0 Lord mostHigh= THEN SHALL THE PRIEST SAY, We do not presume to come to this thy table' O merciful...property is' always to have me'rcy'" Grant us' therefore' gracious Lord' so to eat the fle'sh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ' and to drink his bloo'd' that our... | |
 | Robert Meek - 1834 - 436 pages
...heaven." When we draw near to the sacramental feast, the church thus instructs us to confess : — " We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies." In the prayer after the communion, there is the same renunciation of all self-righteousness — " We... | |
 | Hugh White - 1834 - 442 pages
...the Lord, trusting in your own righteousness, but in His manifold and great mercies ; for that you are not worthy, so much as to gather up the crumbs under that table !" yet come cheerfully, in the thankful spirit of a faithful soldier of the cross, to renew... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 pages
...Lord's Table, say, in the name of' all those who shall receive the Communion, this Prayer following : WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art •*"<* ken '°><"> upon all the ayng, f this, for ye all o this is my bood of 'he " '" 5* the new... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...Lord's Table, say, in the name of all those who shall receive the Communion, this Prayer following: WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...but in thy manifold and great mercies. "We are not Take, eat, « this is ' And here to lay my Body, which is his hand upon all th, given for you ; do... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 406 pages
...Lord's Table, my. in the name of all those whj shall receive the Communion, this Prayer following ; WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful LORD, justing in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much... | |
 | William Paley - 1836 - 626 pages
...Lord's table, say, in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion, this prayer following : WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant UB, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood,... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - 1836 - 412 pages
...consecration of the elements, which is said in the name of all those, who are about to receive the communion. " We do not presume to come to this thy...much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But tliou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy." You see that none of us trust in... | |
 | William H. Willimon - 1984 - 124 pages
...does one of the prayers in the Communion service of the old Book of Common Prayer, that the faithful are "not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table"? Or in a more contemporary vein, is it theologically accurate to say that "God is a warm fuzzy to our... | |
 | James F. White - 1989 - 260 pages
...and certainly the most visual, of Cranmer's metaphors occurs in the "Prayer of Humble Access": "We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table."7 Despite its allusion to Matthew 15:27, the prayer is original with Cranmer. Even modern Anglican... | |
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WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. 
